“- Katarina Stratford: You're not surrounded by your usual cloud of smoke.
- Patrick Verona: I know, I quit. Apparently they're bad for you.”
Julia Stiles - Katarina Stratford
Heath Ledger - Patrick Verona

“I am smoking cigarettes and some of my friends have died of them, but I am not downing a quart of Scotch in fifteen minutes. Looked at that way, cigarettes are actually a health tool!”

“- Carl Purdue: No thanks, I'm trying to quit.
- Ginger: These aren't cigarettes. They don't kill you. They let you live, baby.”

Adam Roarke - Carl Purdue
Val Kline - Ginger

“- Bridget Rossiter: More and more workers insist on the right not to breathe secondhand smoke.
- Steve Everett: And more and more scumbags don't care.”
Christine Ebersole - Bridget Rossiter
Clint Eastwood - Steve Everett

“- John Gustafson: You're supposed to be smoking filter cigarettes.
- Grandpa Gustafson: I'm 94 years old. What the hell do I care?”
Jack Lemmon - John Gustafson
Burgess Meredith - Grandpa Gustafson