“Most men, they'll tell you a story straight through. It won't be complicated, but it won't be interesting either.”
Albert Finney - Ed Bloom - Senior

“You write a screenplay without conflict or crisis you'll bore your audience to tears.”
Nicolas Cage - Robert McKee

“- Pete Monash: I cannot remember a time before you started telling that story.
- Rosalee Futch: I was asked to provide a detailed explanation of the evening.
- Pete Monash: And you did, Rosie, you really did. I really felt like I was there... sort of against my will.”
Christopher Grace - Pete Monash
Kate Bosworth - Rosalee Futch

“- Edith Bratt: I love Wagner's Rheingold.
- Robert Gilson: Christopher finds those too long.
- Christopher Wiseman: No, I don't.
- Robert Gilson: Well, nobody blames you. It shouldn't take six hours to tell a story about a magic ring.”
Lily Collins - Edith Bratt
Patrick Gibson - Robert Gilson
Tom Glynn-Carney - Christopher Wiseman

“Scotty, you're boring. I liked you for a while, but now I can't stand looking at you. Even your voice makes me sick.”

Haylie Johnson - Nikki Trainor