“- Action: Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease.
- Riff: Hey! I got a social disease!”

Tony Mordente - Action
Russ Tamblyn - Riff

“- Lila: What is going on with her these days?
- Judy: You'd have to ask her that, Lila.
- Lila: So, there is something going on?
- Judy: Oh, well, she's nineteen. There's always something going on when you're nineteen.”

Wendy Crewson - Lila
Peter Outerbridge - Judy

“Nobody ever listens to a teenager. Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you're young. They don't see the wars that we fight every single day. And one day, my war will end. And I won't die. And I will not tolerate abuse from anyone. I am strong.”
Vanetta Smith - Brandy Ross

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - The Writer

“I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever.”
Patrick Wilson