“- Doctor Felix Ray: What do you paint?
- Vincent van Gogh: Sunlight.”
Vladimir Consigny - Doctor Felix Ray
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“The 70s are dead and gone. The 80s are going to be something wonderfully new and different, and so am I.”
Valerie Perrine - Samantha

“- The Detective: Well, well, here's my new man. How do you like it here so far?
- Red Plainclothesman: Just great.
- The Detective: Let's get something straight right now. I don't like new men. They make mistakes.”
Bruce Dern - The Detective
Matt Clark - Red Plainclothesman

“I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.”
Beatrice Straight - Dr. Lesh

“- Johnny: I've never felt this way before.
- Helen: Of course not. You're twenty.”
Tom Everett Scott - Johnny
Kate Capshaw - Helen