“- Betty Warren: She's smiling. Is she happy?
- Mrs. Warren: The important thing is not to tell anyone.
- Betty Warren: She looks happy. So, what does it matter?
- Mrs. Warren: Don't wash your dirty laundry in public.”

Kirsten Dunst - Betty Warren
Donna Mitchell - Mrs. Warren

“- Colonel Frank Fitts: Your wife is with another man and you don't care?
- Lester Burnham: Nope. Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we're anything but.”
Chris Cooper - Colonel Fitts
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham

“Are you married or happy?”

Moe Howard - Moe

- Mrs. de Winter: Our marriage is a success, isn't it? A great success? We're happy, aren't we? Terribly happy? If you don't think we are happy, it would be much better if you didn't pretend. I'll go away.
- "Maxim" de Winter: How can I answer you when I don't know the answer myself? If you say we're happy, let's leave it at that.
Joan Fontaine - Mrs. de Winter
Laurence Olivier - "Maxim" de Winter

“Get ahold of a wedding ring and you can swing right over the fence. Just get into a good suit of clothes, shave, go on, go ahead, what do they call it? The pursuit of happiness?”

Charles Boyer - Georges Iscovescu