“- Bernie: When are you gonna do something with your life?
- David: Like you? Work at a job I hate and fuck women I can't stand?
- Bernie: Fuck you, it's a life!
- David: Not the kind of life I want.”
Cameron Bancroft - Bernie
Thomas Gibson - David

“- Mickey: You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a legbreaker to some cheap, second rate loanshark!
- Rocky: It's a living.
- Mickey: It's a waste of life!”
Burgess Meredith - Mickey
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“- Nadine: I really need these credits to get into nursing school.
- Harry: Nursing school? Don't you think you'd be happier in a different profession, one where people's lives were not dependent on you?”
Katharine Towne - Nadine
Orlando Jones - Harry

“You risked the lives of some damn fine pilots ... but that's my job!”
Lloyd Bridges - Adm. Thomas 'Tug' Benson

“- Justin Quayle: Your life is your own. That was always our agreement.
- Tessa Quayle: No, no, no. The agreement was, that my work was going to be my own. That's what makes me who I am.”
Ralph Fiennes - Justin Quayle
Rachel Weisz - Tessa Quayle