“- Jimmy Booth: The second way out, I need you guy's help, and that's under.
- Billy Hayes: You mean tunnel? Are you serious?
- Max: This is Shagmahr prison, not Stalag 17.
- Jimmy Booth: Well that's where you're wrong fuckface, because it's already built!”
Randy Quaid - Jimmy Booth
Brad Davis - Billy Hayes
Sir John Hurt - Max

“- Chon Wang: I got an idea: why don't I pretend I'm sick, and then you can attack the guard when they come in?
- Roy O'Bannon: Oh, you mean the sick prisoner routine? Does that still work in China? 'Cause here it's sorta been done to death.”
Jackie Chan - Chon Wang
Owen Wilson - Roy O'Bannon

“- Leo Hermann: Welcome home.
- Bruno Sauer: Thank you for speaking of your plans in front of me. It's a good feeling.”
Kurt Katch - Leo Hermann
George Macready - Bruno Sauer

“I lived in a king's palace, in a cage just like this. I bit, and I scratched, and I spent my entire life fighting. Until one day, I just stopped, and they gave me their trust. Gain their trust, and they'll let you out.”

Christian Bale - Bagheera

“- Pinocchio: We'll make him sneeze!
- Geppetto: Make him sneeze? Oh, that will make him mad!”

Dickie Jones - Pinocchio
Christian Rub - Geppetto