“There's more violence in television news than there is in the movies.”
Joe Spinell

“- Dr. Fromberg: What was that film you were watching?
- Michael: Death, Death, Death...
- Dr. Fromberg: Death, Death, Death.
- Michael: ...Part 2.
- Dr. Fromberg: Oh, lord! Don't you see? Violence is not senseless entertainment!”
David Hemblen - Dr. Fromberg
Edward Furlong - Michael

“I want you to stay away from it! Those mondo weirdo video guys, they've got unsavory connections, they play rough. Rougher than even Nicki Brand wants to play... You know, in Brazil, Central America, those kinds of places, making underground videos is considered a subversive act. They execute people for it. In Pittsburgh, who knows?”
James Woods - Max Renn

- Eddie Beckner: "Garden Tool Massacre", it's your basic slice and dice.
- Mrs. Penny: Your basic what?
- Eddie Beckner: Well this guy in a hockey mask, he chops up a few teenagers, but don't worry, there's no sex or anything bad.
- Mrs. Penny: They won't let you kids into a movie like that.
- Eddie Beckner: No problem, my brother's an usher.
Douglas Emerson - Eddie Beckner
Sharon Spelman - Mrs. Penny

“- Counterman: Who needs the goddamn movies anyway? I got a show in here every single night.
- Mason Storm: Yeah?
- Counterman: You've got horror, sex, freaks, violence. I don't got to pay no four bucks either.”
Stanley Brock - Counterman
Steven Seagal - Mason Storm