“- Young Quincy: Can't do this shit!
- Zeke McCall: Boy, what did I tell you about using that word?
- Young Quincy: Can't should never be in a man's vocabulary.
- Zeke McCall: And why not?
- Young Quincy: Cause when you say can't you ain’t a man!”
Glenndon Chatman - Young Quincy
Dennis Haysbert - Zeke McCall

“- Veal Chop: Are you psyched to become a man?
- Big Fat Bernie Gayle: I don't know.”
Paul Giamatti - Veal Chop
Michael Lerner - Big Fat Bernie Gayle

“That's one of the advantages of being an adult. You get to act like a kid anytime you feel like it.”

George Clooney - Jack Taylor

“- Melanie Parker: Your Peter Pan complex is so 90's.
- Jack Taylor: What Peter Pan complex?
- Melanie Parker: The one you're so proud of.
- Jack Taylor: Do you have any friends?
- Melanie Parker: I don't have time for friends.
- Jack Taylor: That's because of your Captain Hook complex.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Melanie Parker
George Clooney - Jack Taylor

“It's nice to meet a grown man who's still afraid of his mommy.”
Ricki Lake - Connie Doyle