“- Vivian Orkin: This is my friend Libby. She thinks you're a genius. Libby just did a definitive cinematic study of Gummo Marx. She did!
- Dick Lobel: Interestingly, he's the one Marx brother that never made any movies.”
Helen Hanft - Vivian Orkin
Roy Brocksmith - Dick Lobel

“- Constance: How horrid. And who turns out to have done it?
- Morris Weissman: Oh, I couldn't tell you that. It would spoil it for you.
- Constance: Oh, but none of us will see it.”

Maggie Smith - Constance Trentham
Bob Balaban - Morris Weissman

“I'm sure you'll make a fine film without the aid of Scotland Yard. I'm here about a minor matter of murder.”

Edward Fox - Inspector Craddock

“As your lawyer, I advise you to get control of it fast. A character from one of your productions on the loose? Who knows what he's capable of? Robbery? Murder? I see lawsuits.”
John Rothman - Mr. Hirsch's Lawyer

- Nicki Brand: What's this? "Videodrome"?
- Max Renn: Torture. Murder.
- Nicki Brand: Sounds great.
- Max Renn: Ain't exactly sex.
- Nicki Brand: Says who?
Debbie Harry - Nicki Brand
James Woods - Max Renn