“- Indrid Cold: Your father was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He lived in a green house on Monroe Street. You don't remember how your mother looked.
- John Klein: Okay, you got my attention.”

Bill Laing - Indrid Cold
Richard Tiffany Gere - John Klein

“Mortimer, you know all about it and just forget about it. I do think that Aunt Martha and I have the right to our own little secrets.”

Josephine Hull - Abby Brewster

“- Count Adhemar: And you are?
- William Thatcher: Well, I am, um.
- Count Adhemar: You've forgotten, or your name is Sir Um?
- William Thatcher: Ulrich von Lichtenstein from Gelderland.
- Count Adhemar: Well, I'd forget as well, what a mouthful.”
Rufus Sewell - Count Adhemar
Shannyn Sossamon - William Thatcher

“I forgot the other boy. Oh, what's his name? Oh, well, God bless What's-his-name.”

Julie Andrews - Maria

“- Lloyd Christmas: You know, I don't really recall. Starts with an S! Let's see. Swim? Swammi? Slippy? Slappy? Swenson? Swanson?
- Harry Dunne: Maybe it's on the briefcase.
- Lloyd Christmas: Oh, yeah! It's right here: Samsonite! I was way off! I knew it started with an S, though.”

Jim Carrey - Lloyd Christmas
Jeff Daniels - Harry Dunne