“Here is the story of my career... here is the story, of my career... my brilliant career. I make no apology for being egotistical... because I am!”
Judy Davis - Sybylla Melvyn

“My mother took advantage of it from an early age, throwing me into plays, spelling bees, studying, writing, museums, concerts, and even more writing. She convinced me this would lead to the Holy Grail: Harvard. A place where I would finally be surrounded by people I had something in common with.”

Christina Ricci - Elizabeth

“- Nate Johnson: Oh so I'm the bad guy? Because I wanted you to raise our kids.
- Dorothy Johnson: I can be a wife, a mother and pursue my career too, hey, my mother did it.
- Nate Johnson: Right ,yeah that's why the last time we saw your brother he was your sister.”
Cedric the Entertainer - Nate Johnson
Vanessa Williams - Dorothy Johnson

“- Sylvia: You are a selfish bastard!
- Peter: I'm selfish? At least I didn't leave my baby on a doorstep when she was six months old!”
Nancy Travis - Sylvia
Tom Selleck - Peter

You must choose between an operatic career and what is usually called "a normal life". You can't do justice to both.
Frank Puglia - Villeneuve