“- George Khan: You bring shame on the family!
- Ella Khan: No, you should be ashamed, George. Because you're not interested in these kids being happy. You just want to prove to everybody what a great man you are. Because you're ashamed of me, George, and you're ashamed of our kids. And you won't even admit it.”

Om Puri - George Khan
Linda Bassett - Ella Khan

“Everything on this island belonged to me. Everything belongs to me... for as long as I live.”

Peter Lorre - Stephen Danel

“You don't care about anything except you. You just want to persuade people that you love them so much that they ought to love you back. Only you want love on your own terms. Something to be played your way, according to your rules.”

Joseph Cotten - Jedediah Leland

“- Kane: Don't go, Susan. You mustn't go. You can't do this to me.
- Susan Alexander Kane: So it's you who this is being done to. It's not me at all. Not how I feel. Not what it means to me.”
Orson Welles - Kane
Dorothy Comingore - Susan Alexander Kane

“You don't love anybody! Me or anybody else! You want to be loved - that's all you want! Whatever you want - just name it and it's yours! Only love me! Don't expect me to love you!”

Dorothy Comingore - Susan Alexander Kane