“I'm through. After one year and 25 jobs in New York, Susan Applegate is signing off. Signing off and going right back where she came from.”

Ginger Rogers - Susan Applegate

“- Kathie Moffat: Maybe you want to go home.
- Jeff Bailey: Maybe that's why I'm here.
- Kathie Moffat: Is it?”
Jane Greer - Kathie Moffat
Robert Mitchum - Jeff Bailey

“- Ginger: So laying eggs all your life and then getting plucked, stuffed, and roasted is good enough for you, is it?
- Babs: It's a livin'.”
Julia Sawalha - Ginger
Jane Horrocks - Babs

“How dare you waste that good fortune by simply giving up? Shame on you.”

Joan Plowright - Baylene

“- Plio: What is your fate?
- Bruton: To die here. It's the way things are.
- Plio: Only if you give up. It's your choice, not your fate.”

Alfre Woodard - Plio
Peter Siragusa - Bruton