“- Charlie Chaplin: I'm auditioning for actresses who aren't actresses.
- Edna Purviance: Well, if you're on the lookout for untalented actresses who aren't actresses, then you couldn't do better than me. Worse than me.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Charles Spencer Chaplin
Penelope Ann Miller - Edna Purviance

“Some performers can make love to the camera. I mean, Garbo did. Monroe did.”
Steve Inwood - François Lafete

“- Jim Trotter III: Ms. Vito, what is your current profession?
- Mona Lisa Vito: I'm an out-of-work hairdresser.
- Jim Trotter III: An out-of-work hairdresser. In what way does that qualify you as an expert in automobiles?
- Mona Lisa Vito: It doesn't.”
Lane Smith - Jim Trotter III
Marisa Tomei - Mona Lisa Vito

“- Mickey: You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a legbreaker to some cheap, second rate loanshark!
- Rocky: It's a living.
- Mickey: It's a waste of life!”
Burgess Meredith - Mickey
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“- Steve: So, you took Warner, eh?
- Patch Gallagher: Yeah, I know she's not so hot, but with all the real talent going Hollywood, you've got to make the best of what you can get.”

Clark Gable - Patch Gallagher