“- Head Illinois State Trooper: I don't want to tell you how to do your job...
- Samuel Gerard: Put the helicopter on the bridge!
- Head Illinois State Trooper: But only one man in a million can survive that fall. The guy is fish food.
- Samuel Gerard: Fine. Go get a cane pole, catch the fish that ate him.”

Danny Goldring - Head Illinois State Trooper
Tommy Lee Jones - Samuel Gerard

“- Darry: Is he dead?
- Trish: They never are.”

Justin Long - Darry
Gina Philips - Trish

“- Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass: I can't make that pitch Coach.
- Coach Boone: Yes you can. When I was fifteen-years-old I lost my mother and my father in the same month, Ronnie, same month. 12 brothers and sisters I was the youngest one of them, now I wasn't ready either, but they needed me. Your team needs you tonight.”
Kip Pardue - Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass

“- Jack Goodman: [describing his own funeral] Debbie Klein cried a lot. So, you know what she does? She's so grief-stricken, she runs to find solace in Mark Levine's bed.
- David Kessler: Mark… Levine?
- Jack Goodman: An asshole! Life mocks me even in death!”
Griffin Dunne - Jack Goodman
David Naughton - David Kessler

“If I shouldn't come back, I forgive you what happened between you and Sobinski. But if I come back, it's a different matter.”

Jack Benny - Joseph Tura