“- Ed: You have kids, Gene?
- Gene: Two.
- Ed: Yeah? How old?
- Gene: Thirty and thirty-two.
- Ed: Wow, out of the house. Lucky you.
- Gene: Yep. Potty-trained and everything.”
Scott Winters - Ed
Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“Don't you get it? I'm trying to get away from you! I'm not a little kid anymore! Now just leave me alone, and get your own life!”

Jason Marsden - Max Goof

“- Denise Dahlberg: I've been out riding around with Bruce.
- Jim Dahlberg: All night?
- Denise Dahlberg: Frankly, Daddy, that's none of your business.
- Jim Dahlberg: As long as you live...
- Denise Dahlberg: Oh Daddy, don't start this again, I'm getting married tomorrow.”
Lori Lethin - Denise Dahlberg
John Cullum - Jim Dahlberg

“Maybe you were my father, but you know who my father is now? You know who's responsible for me? Me; no one else.”

Peter Berg - Jonathan Parker

“- Deke Slayton: Jan, you have to trust us. We've got this under control.
- Janet Armstrong: No, you don't. All these protocols and procedures to make it seem like you have it under control. But you're a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood! You don't have anything under control!”
Kyle Chandler - Deke Slayton
Claire Foy - Janet Armstrong