“I certainly had a lot of nerve wanting to make a picture about human suffering.”
Joel McCrea - John L. Sullivan

“People hurt the ones they love. That's how it is all around the world.”
Michael Clarke Duncan - John Coffey

“I've been knocked down, blown up, lied to, shit on, and shot at. So nothing surprises me much anymore, except the things that people do to each other.”
Jason Statham - Nick Wild

“- Eddie Jessup: I can't live with it Emily, the pain is unbearable.
- Emily Jessup: We all live with it. That unbearable terror is what makes us such singular creatures. We hide from it, we succumb to it, mostly we defy it! We build fragile little structures to keep it out. We love, we raise families, we work, we make friends. We write poems...”

William Hurt - Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown - Emily Jessup

“Are you a God-fearing man? That is such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher; a bringer of light, wisdom, and understanding. You see, I think what you really fear is me. Me and my kind.”

Sir Ian McKellen - Magneto