“- Mitch Leary: Watching the President, I couldn't help wondering why a man like you would risk his life to save a man like that. You have such a strange job - I can't decide if it's heroic or absurd.
- Frank Horrigan: Why would a man like you want to risk his life to kill a man like that?”

John Malkovich - Mitch Leary
Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan

“Spy work, that's easy. Keeping a family together, that's difficult. And that's the mission worth fighting for.”
Alexa PenaVega - Carmen Cortez

“You risked the lives of some damn fine pilots ... but that's my job!”
Lloyd Bridges - Adm. Thomas 'Tug' Benson

“- Rachel Marron: And you're ready to die for me?
- Frank Farmer: It's the job.
- Rachel Marron: And you'd do it? Why?
- Frank Farmer: I can't sing.”
Whitney Houston - Rachel Marron
Kevin Costner - Frank Farmer

“- Ice Cube: If we we're so good, why didn't you give us contracts in the beginning?
- Jerry Heller: Because nothing is a sure thing, Cube. Even a great talent can crash and burn. Too much ego, too much excess, too many expectations. It tends to ruin things. You oughta keep that in mind.”
O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Ice Cube
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller