“In this modern complicated world, man breaks down under the strain, the bewilderment, disappointment, and disillusionment. He gets lost, goes crazy, commits suicide.”

Claude Rains - Dr. Alexander Tower

“Modern man is so confused, Raymond. Finally, it's much better to work in the theater... than in a mine.”

Jerzy Skolimowski - Colonel Chaiko

“Modern cars: they all look like electric shavers.”
Mickey Rourke - Marv

“You despise someone like me because you despise the modern. But you are at the very forefront of what is modern. You write about it, you document it... Unlike you, though, I have chosen to embrace it.”

Sir Ian Holm - Doctor Murnau

“- Documentarian: Do you think that most people would say that teenage beauty pageants are a good idea?
- Gladys Leeman: Oh yeah, sure. I know what some of your big city, no-bra-wearing, hairy-legged women libbers might say. They might say that a pageant is old-fashioned and demeaning to the girls.”
Thomas Lennon - Documentarian
Kirstie Alley - Gladys Leeman