“- Col. Everett Dasher Breed: What's your name, soldier?
- Vernon Pinkley: Number two, Sir!”
Robert Ryan - Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Donald Sutherland - Vernon Pinkley

“- Ray Elwood: So how come they assigned you here?
- Pfc. Brian Knoll: I put in for it. My fiancée is here on base, so we arranged for a transfer together.
- Ray Elwood: Oh, how sweet. Who's she?
- Pfc. Brian Knoll: Margolis, Carol-Anne. Private First Class.
- Ray Elwood: You call her by her last name? What do you do, salute in bed?”
Gabriel Mann - Pfc. Brian Knoll
Joaquin Phoenix - Ray Elwood

“I reckon the folks'd be a slight happier if I died like a soldier. Can't say I would.”
Clint Walker - Samson Posey

“- William J. Guarnere: Once we get into combat, they only people you can trust is yourself and the fella next to you.
- Joseph D. Toye: Hey, as long as he's a paratrooper.”
Frank John Hughes - William J. Guarnere
Kirk Acevedo - Joseph D. Toye

“- T-4 Medic Wade: Corporal, what's your book about?
- Corporal Upham: It's supposed to be about the bonds of brotherhood developed between soldiers during war.
- Private Caparzo: Brotherhood? What do you know about brotherhood?”
Giovanni Ribisi - T-4 Medic Wade
Jeremy Davies - Corporal Upham
Vin Diesel - Private Caparzo