“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
Michael Stuhlbarg - Mr. Perlman

“- Nadia: My name is Sophia.
- John: Sophia. Hello, Sophia. Mine's still John.
- Nadia: Hello, John.”

Nicole Kidman - Sophia, alias Nadia
Ben Chaplin - John

“I work so hard on this image, on Stu Shepherd, the asshole who refers to himself in the third person, that I only proved I should be alone. I have just been dressing up as something I'm not for so long, I'm so afraid no one will like what's underneath. But here I am, just flesh and blood and weakness.”
Colin Farrell - Stu Shepard

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Lester Bangs

“- Lloyd: We're just trying to provide you all with a balanced perspective, to see that there are options. In the end, it's up to you whether you choose to live a...
- Larry: Lie.
- Lloyd: Whether you want to be who you are or keep it hidden is really more what we're about.
- Megan: So you run like, the underground homo railroad.”
Wesley Mann - Lloyd
Richard Moll - Larry
Natasha Lyonne - Megan