“- Barkley Cooper: Fifty years go by pretty fast.
- Mr. Horton - Hotel manager: Only when you're happy.”
Victor Moore - Barkley Cooper
Paul Stanton - Mr. Horton - Hotel Manager

“I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment, it lasts forever.”
Leonardo DiCaprio - Richard

“Woke up today, feeling the way I always do. Hungry for something that I can't eat. Then I hear that beat. That rhythm of town starts calling me down. It's like a message from high above. Pulling me out to the smiles and the streets that I love. Good morning, Baltimore!”

Nikki Blonsky - Tracy Turnblad

“Ever since we first saw the sun, a man and woman liked to shake it when the day is done. And so we're gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun today. Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the rain from above.”

“I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done.”

John Cusack - Rob Gordon