“- Jarra: Hello, Jay. Long time.
- Jay: Jarra! What's up, man? Wow, you look great! Been, what, five years?
- Jarra: And forty-two days, thanks to you. You count every one when you're locked away like a primate.”
John Alexander - Jarra
Will Smith - Jay

“I know about loss, Max. I know about losing time, even losing years. And I know it doesn't compare to jail, but I can understand.”
Jessica Lange - Leigh Bowden

“- Kermit the Frog: I'm your attorney, that's the only way they'd let me in here.
- Miss Piggy: Oh, right! Oh, I've missed you so... Rosenthal. It's been an eternity.
- Kermit the Frog: It's been forty-five minutes.
- Miss Piggy: Time goes slow in the cooler.”
Jim Henson - Kermit the Frog
Frank Oz - Miss Piggy

“- Brian Cohen: Lay off, I've had a hard time!
- Ben: You've had a hard time? I've been here five years, they only hung me the right way up yesterday.”

Graham Arthur Chapman - Brian Cohen
Michael Palin - Ben

“- Warden: Been playing this thing long?
- Frank Morris: Couple of months.
- Warden: You any good?
- Frank Morris: Terrible.
- Warden: You'll get better. That's one of the benefits of Alcatraz - lots of time to practice.”

Patrick McGoohan - Warden
Clint Eastwood - Frank Morris