“- Jake Fischer: When you can't save 'em all, how do you choose who lives?
- Ben Randall: It's probably different for everybody Jake. It's kind of simple for me though. I take the first one I come to or the weakest one in the group and then I swim as fast and as hard as I can for as long as I can. And the sea takes the rest.”
Ashton Kutcher - Jake Fischer
Kevin Costner - Ben Randall

“- Ella: You're about to become king. You'll have the power to make a difference in the world, and you don't even care.
- Char: It's not like I asked to become king. I have no say in the matter.”
Anne Hathaway - Ella
Hugh Dancy - Char

“- Mike: Have you ever been faced with a decision, and you weren't sure what to do?
- Larry Burrows: Yeah, sure, plenty of times.
- Mike: And then something inside made you choose one direction over another?”
Sir Michael Caine - Mike
Jim Belushi - Larry Burrows

“Your destiny has been changed, Larry, by request, I might add. And you must take responsibility for the circumstances of your new life. They are, after all, of your own making.”
Sir Michael Caine - Mike

“There's no such thing as destiny. There are only different choices. Some choices are easy, some aren't. Those are the really important ones, the ones that define us as people.”
Jim Carrey - Walter Sparrow