“- Hilary O'Neil: Dinner.
- Victor Geddes: Thanks.
- Hilary O'Neil: Eggs.
- Victor Geddes: Thank you.
- Hilary O'Neil: That's all this redhead could find. There's no real food in the house. Unless you want a Twinkie omelet.”

Julia Roberts - Hilary O'Neil
Campbell Scott - Victor Geddes

“This is such a wonderful dinner, Mother. How do you find the time?”

Jean Louisa Kelly - Tia Russell

- Bud Fox: Did mom give you fish for dinner?
- Carl Fox: Spaghetti! Your mother still makes lousy spaghetti.
- Bud Fox: It's called "pasta" now, dad. "Spaghetti" is out of date.
- Carl Fox: So am I.
Charlie Sheen - Bud Fox
Martin Sheen - Carl Fox

“- Charles: Do you want me to get the food, mother?
- Clara: What food?
- Charles: The turkey!
- Clara: There isn't any turkey.
- Charles: Whatever it is that you prepared, would you like me to go into the kitchen and get it?
- Clara: I didn't prepare anything. There isn't any dinner.”

John Heard - Charles
Gloria Grahame - Clara

“Christmas! Christmas dinner, yeah. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! Christmas means carnage!”
Danny Mann - Ferdinand