Jerry Prokosch : [trying to impress the girl by speaking French]  What do you think... me? Camille Javal : Get in your Alfa, Romeo. We'll see about that!

Francesca Vanini : Mr. Prokoscha already said it: You're wrong. You aspire to a world like Homer's. You want it to exist, but unfortunately it doesn't. Paul Javal : Why not? It does. Jerry Prokosch : No! Francesca Vanini : You may be right, but when it comes to making movies, dreams aren't enough.

Jerry Prokosch : Why don't you say something? Camille Javal : Because I have nothing to say.

Jerry Prokosch : "The Odyssey" needs a German director! Anybody knows that a German, Schliemann, discovered Troy.

Jerry Prokosch : I don't believe in modesty. I believe in pride! I believe in the pride of making good films.

Jerry Prokosch : To know that one does not know, is the gift of a superior spirit. Not to know and to think that one does know, is a mistake. To know that this is a mistake, keeps one from making it. I have the knowledge here.

Jerry Prokosch : A wise man does not oppress others with his superiority. He does not try to humiliate them for their differences.

Paul Javal : In '33, Goebbels asked Lang to head the German film industry. That very night, Lang left Germany... Jerry Prokosch : This is not '33. This is '63. And he will direct whatever was written. Just as I know that you are going to write it.

Jerry Prokosch : I want you to write some new scenes for "The Odyssey." Not just sex, but more - more...

Jerry Prokosch : I like gods. I like them very much. I know exactly how they feel - exactly. Fritz Lang : Jerry, don't forget. The gods have not created man. Man has created gods.

Jerry Prokosch : Whenever I hear the word "culture," I bring out my checkbook. [to his assistant]  Jerry Prokosch : Come here. [he places his checkbook on his assistant's back and writes out a check]  Fritz Lang : Some years ago - some horrible years ago - the Nazis used to take out a pistol instead of a checkbook.

[after viewing film shot by Fritz Lang]  Jerry Prokosch : You've cheated me, Fritz. That's not what is in that script. Fritz Lang : It is! [he pulls the script away from Jerry, who is attempting to grab it out of his hand]  Fritz Lang : Oh, no! Jerry Prokosch : Get the script, Francesca. [he reads the script and then changes his tone]  Jerry Prokosch : Yes, it's in the script. But it's not what you have on that screen. Fritz Lang : Naturally, because in the script it is written, and on the screen it's pictures. Motion picture, it's called.