“- Captain York: I'm Captain Yorke, sir. I bid you welcome, General Thursday.
- Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: I'm not a general, Captain. A man is what he's paid for. I'm paid in the rank of Lt. Colonel.
- Captain York: I'd remembered you as a general from the war, sir.”
John Wayne - Capt. Kirby York
Henry Fonda - Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

“- Annie: A guy who rents a house this big must be making up for something pretty small, I'd say.
- Max: No no, I've seen his dick, it's pretty great.
- Annie: Well, I tried.”
Rachel McAdams - Annie
Jason Bateman - Max

“- Paul Biegler: You're fired.
- Maida Rutledge: You can't fire me until you pay me.”
James Stewart - Paul Biegler
Eve Arden - Maida Rutledge

“I have no bad feelings about actors getting $20 million a picture or more. They won't give you a dime in this town unless you can make them a dollar. No producer is going to give anybody $20 million if he doesn't think he's going to make much more.”
Rod Steiger

“If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.”
George Burns