“- Carl Denham: I keep telling you, Jack, there's no money in theater. That's why you should stick with film.
- Jack Driscoll: No Carl, it's not about the money. I love theater.
- Carl Denham: No you don't. If you really loved it, you would've jumped.”

Jack Black - Carl Denham
Adrien Brody - Jack Driscoll

“Movies are just a comforting fairy-tale compared to the real deal. Bram Stoker, he wrote a good yarn. But the events that he described back in 1897, God, that was just a tiny piece of the mosaic.”
Ryan Reynolds - Hannibal King

- Peggy: MGM wants you to do the Ian Fleming book "Casino Royale" with Cary Grant. Definitely your style.
- Alfred Hitchcock: Doesn't she know I just made that movie? It was called "North by Northwest". And "style", my dear, is mere self-plagiarism.
Toni Collette - Peggy
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Alfred Hitchcock

“- Mera: What are we doing?
- Arthur: Hiding inside a whale, I got this from Pinocchio!
[later, Mera finds out who Pinocchio is]
- Mera: You based our escape strategy from a children's book?
- Arthur: I didn't read the book, I just saw the movie!”
Amber Heard - Mera
Jason Momoa - Arthur

“- Waitress: What are you writing?
- JJ Lask: A book.
- Waitress: Ah, a writer.
- JJ Lask: This is actually going to be made into a movie.
- Waitress: The movie is never as good as the book.”
Kevin Corrigan - JJ Lask
Judy Del Giudice - Waitress