“- Elaine Mozell: Don't ever think that you can get their attention.
- Young Joan: Whose?
- Elaine Mozell: The men. Who write the reviews. Who run the publishing houses. Who edit the magazines. The ones who decide who gets to be taken seriously, who gets to be put up on a pedestal for the rest of their lives.”
Elizabeth McGovern - Elaine Mozell
Annie Starke - Young Joan

“I don't want to be worshipped. I want to be loved.”

Katharine Hepburn - Tracy Lord

“Are my eyes blind that I must fall to my knees to worship a maniac who has made of my country a concentration camp, who has made of my people slaves? Must I kiss the hand that beats me, lick the boot that kicks me, no!”
J. Carrol Naish - Giuseppe

“- Laurel Weaver: You don't want to eat me. I'm a very important person on my planet. Like a queen, a goddess even. There are those who worship me. I'm not saying this to impress you, I'm just warning you it could start a war.
- Edgar: War? Good. That means more food for my family. All 78 million of them. That's a lot of mouths to feed, Highness.”

Linda Fiorentino - Laurel Weaver
Vincent D'Onofrio - Edgar

“All men need something greater than themselves to look up to and worship. They must be able to touch the divine here on Earth.”
Geoffrey Rush - Sir Francis Walsingham