[first lines]
Joe Gideon: To be on the wire is life. The rest is waiting.
Angelique: That's very theatrical, Joe.
Joe Gideon: Yeah, I know.
Angelique: Did you make that up?
Joe Gideon: I wish I had.

[Katie just finished setting up a dinner date, probably to make Joe jealous.]
Joe Gideon: Who was that?
Katie Jagger: Michael Graham.
Joe Gideon: Who is Michael Graham?
Katie Jagger: A dancer in my ballet class.
Joe Gideon: Straight or gay?
Katie Jagger: What do you mean?
Joe Gideon: I mean, is looking to get laid or is he looking for Mr. Right?
Katie Jagger: He's straight.
Joe Gideon: And tall. [turns to leave] Michael Graham is a very tall name. [leaves his room slowly but comes running back] Ho ho ho... Goddamn you, how dare you use my phone! My telephone! To call someone who is not gay!
Katie Jagger: [laughing] I see! You can go out with any girl in town. Any girl.
Joe Gideon: [pointing] That's right! I go out with any girl in town. I stay in with you.

[last lines, Joe is dying] Hey, at least I won't have to lie to you anymore.

[repeated line] It's showtime, folks!

[to Audrey] If I die, I'm sorry for all the bad things I did to you. [to Katie] And if I live, I'm sorry for all the bad things I'm gonna do to you.

Ann Reinking - Kate Jagger

Ben Vereen - O'Connor Flood

Cliff Gorman - David Newman

Deborah Geffner - Victoria Porter

Do you supposed Stanley Kubrick ever gets depressed?

Erzsebet Foldi - Michelle Gideon

Jessica Lange - Angelique

John Lithgow - Lucas Sergeant

Leland Palmer - Audrey Paris

Max Wright - Joshua Penn