“- Jamie's Mom: Who are you going to call if there's any problem?
- Jamie: 911, Mommy.
- Jamie's Mom: Oh, such a good girl!”
Brie Hill Arbaugh - Jamie's Mom
Elle Fanning - Jamie

- Francis MacMillan: You believe that your mother wants to hurt you?
- Claudia Draper: She doesn't want to, but...
- Francis MacMillan: You don't believe she wants to help you?
- Claudia Draper: Sure she wants to help me. You all want to "help" me. Except for Harry. Harry doesn't give a shit.
Robert Webber - Francis MacMillan
Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper

“- Bud White: He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. Then he left me there. Three days before a truant officer found us... they never found the old man.
- Lynn Bracken: Is that why you became a cop? To get even?
- Bud White: Maybe.”

Russell Crowe - Bud White
Kim Basinger - Lynn Bracken

“- Kathryn Morgan: Our shark couldn't have killed Overman. Its mother did.
- Calvin Bouchard: You're talkin' about some damn shark's mother?”
Bess Armstrong - Dr. Kathryn 'Kay' Morgan
Louis Gossett Jr. - Calvin Bouchard

“- Louis Booker: Sal won't kill you. He's married to your mother.
- Charlie Carbone: If Sal Maggio thinks I stole his money, he'll kill me in front of my mother and then make her clean it up.”
Anthony Anderson - Louis Booker
Jerry O'Connell - Charlie Carbone