“- Josie Hemphill: This meat here... was it one of our cattle?
- John Hemphill: Sure! You remember Buster?
- Josie Hemphill: Buster? We're eatin' Buster?
- Mrs. Hemphill: Now Josie, at least eat your vegetables.
- Josie Hemphill: I'm turnin' vegetarian, I swear. At least carrots don't have names!”

Ashley Johnson - Josie Hemphill
Eddie Mills - John Hemphill
Lashawn McIvor - Mrs. Hemphill

“Not eating meat is a decision. Eating meat is an instinct!”
Denis Colin Leary - Himself

“- Fred: What should I do, Ira?
- Governon: What should he do about what?
- Glenda Gardenia Parks: The chicken, Fred is a vegetarian and doesn't know if he should eat it.
- Dist. Atty. Ira J. Parks: Eat the chicken, Fred.”
Robert Guillaume - Fred
George Grizzard - Governor
Goldie Hawn - Glenda Parks
Charles Grodin - Ira Parks

“I can't believe I ate meat for him. I mean, it was fish, but still. I don't eat anything with a face.”

Sophia Bush - Beth

“- Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson: How can I trust a man who won't eat a good old-fashioned American hotdog?
- Jim Street: He's a vegetarian.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Colin Farrell - Jim Street