“- Maggie: That's too bad. I wanted you to try my chili. It's pretty hot.
- Dudley Frank: No, I'll try it. I like your kind of hot. Chili, chili hot. Food hot. That's the hot I want to kiss. Eat.”
Marisa Tomei - Maggie
William H. Macy - Dudley Frank

“- Emmanuel Sonnenschein: There's too much salt in this soup.
- Valerie: Then the cook must be in love.
- Gustave: You must have made the soup then.
- Valerie: What do you mean by that, Gustave?
- Gustave: You and Ignatz kissing in the museum garden yesterday, and Tuesday.”
David de Keyser - Emmanuel Sonnenschein
Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors
James Frain - Gustave Sonnenschein

“Kissing is gross. You just mash your food holes together. It’s not for that.”
Ted Danson - Michael

“- Mootai: Your mother and brothers are feasting as we speak.
- Ren Stevens: Feasting?
- Mootai: It's like eating, but with bigger plates.”
Josh Keaton - Mootai
Christy Carlson Romano - Ren Stevens

“The only fish I wanna see is on a plate with a piece of lemon.”
Harold Perrineau - Henry