“I don't know what they want from you half the time. What they start off liking you for, they end up hating you for. Don't like you if you're strong. Don't like you if you're weak. Hate you if you're clever, hate you if you're stupid. They don't know what they want.”
Katrin Cartlidge - Sophie
“- Babe Magrath: Chick's hated us ever since we had to move here from Dixieville to live here with old grandmama and old granddaddy. - Meg Magrath: She's an idiot.”
Sissy Spacek - Babe Magrath
Jessica Lange - Meg Magrath
“The first time I saw you, I hated your guts. I think I even hated you before I met you. I hated you on TV. I hated you in Vietnam. You want to know what's destroying this country? It's not booze. It's not drugs. It's TV. It's media. It's people like you.”
Mickey Rourke - Stanley White
“- Chief Painter: What are you doing here? - Michael Shayne: Ask me later. I haven't thought of an answer yet.”
Donald MacBride - Chief Painter
Lloyd Nolan - Michael Shayne
