“I'm just a writer. I don't know what to do to show you how much I love you. I only have words. That's all I have.”

Luke Wilson - Alex Sheldon

“- Viola De Lesseps: I loved a writer and gave up the prize for a sonnet.
- Will Shakespeare: I was the more deceived.
- Viola De Lesseps: Yes, you were deceived, for I did not know how much I loved you.”
Gwyneth Paltrow - Viola De Lesseps
Joseph Fiennes - Will Shakespeare

“I don't think race or country matters a damn. What matters, Colonel, is justice. Which is why I'm here. I'll be treated as I deserve, not as my father deserved. I'm Kilrain and I damn all gentlemen. There is only one aristocracy, and that is right here [points to his head]. And that's why we've got to win this war.”

Kevin Conway - Sgt. "Buster" Kilrain

“- Count Von Rittenberg: Captain Hayes!
- Captain Bully Hayes: Admiral!
- Count Von Rittenberg: Count!
- Captain Bully Hayes: Whatever!”

Grant Tilly - Count Von Rittenberg
Tommy Lee Jones - Captain Bully Hayes

“- Johnny Dio: How do you like your steak?
- Paul Cicero: Medium rare.
- Johnny Dio: Huh. An aristocrat.”
Frank Pellegrino - Johnny Dio
Paul Sorvino - Paul Cicero