“- Vice Principal Gene Wolters: I care about these kids just as much as you do. And if I'm forced to choose between Mozart and reading and writing and long division, I choose long division.
- Glenn Holland: Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. Sooner or later, these kids aren't going to have anything to read or write about.”
William H. Macy - Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Glenn Holland

“I read. I just don't read what they give us in school. I mean, do I really care who wins between Beowulf and Grendel? No, I don't. Maybe if I had a little money on it.”
Timothée Chalamet - Gatsby Welles

“School is just for white people looking for other white people to read to 'em. I figured I save my money and read to myself.”
Rutina Wesley - Tara Thornton

- Mallory Grace: The book was in here with a big warning that said "Do not read", and you read it?
- Jared Grace: It's a book. I didn't think reading it would unleash goblin fury, okay?
Sarah Bolger - Mallory Grace
Freddie Highmore - Jared Grace

“- Hermione Granger: I checked this out weeks ago for a bit of light reading.
- Ron Weasley: This is light?”

Emma Watson - Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley