“I'll play the fucking triangle, I just want to make music again!”
Emily Watson - Jackie Du Pré

“A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.”

Lucile Watson - Mrs. Morehead

“People are what they are and love what they love, and I don't see any sense in trying to be something else.”
Jane Wyatt - Aggie Hunter

“- Comrade Chin: I'm not convinced that this will be enough to redeem you in the eyes of the Party.
- Song Liling: I'm trying my best to become somebody else.”

Shizuko Hoshi - Comrade Chin
John Lone - Song Liling

“- Josh: I'm married to my work.
- Serge: So am I. Which makes my wife my mistress. That's why I'm still in love with her.”
Aaron Eckhart - Josh
Tchéky Karyo - Serge