“There's all those other kids, hundreds of them, in the streets and bad environment, whom I don't want to see grow up like Rocky did. I can't sacrifice them for Rocky. They have lives too. I can't throw them away.”
Pat O'Brien - Father Jerry

“Abandonment is a death, for all of us.”
Harvey Keitel - Eddie Israel

“The only thing I remember is leaving, which is my fondest memory of you.”
Jessica Biel - Charissa Sosa

“Nobody tells me nothing.”

Bill Bailey - Sergeant Turner

“- Corny Collins: And now it's time to say goodbye to our very own fun-lovin', free-wheelin' little Brenda. Come on up here, Brenda. Brenda will be taking a leave of absence from the show. How long are you gonna be gone, Brenda?
- Brenda: Just nine months.”
James Marsden - Corny Collins
Cassie Silva - Brenda