Quotes
 Trevor McKenney: Are you saying you`ll flunk us if we don`t change the world?
Eugene: Well, no. But you might just scrape by with a C. Arley: I can`t reject you, you`re too quick for me!
Sidney: The world is a shithole, pardon my French an` shit.
Arley: I got to take a shower.
Trevor McKenney: What?
Arley: I smell horrible.
Trevor McKenney: No you don`t! You smell like a rose or something.
Arley: Are you sure?
Trevor McKenney: Yeah, yeah, I`m sure.
Trevor McKenney: I guess it`s hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they`re bad - to change. `Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.
Trevor McKenney: Is the world just shit?
Arley: Sit down, I want to talk to you.
Trevor McKenney: You want to lie to me.
Jerry: [tearfully] Do me a favor... save my life.
Arley: [to Eugene] You look good to me.
Eugene: Jesus Arlene, he doesn`t have to. All he has to do is not love him.
Arley: Jesus, you are really somethin`.
Eugene: Thanks. I appreciate the euphemism. I always wanted to be somethin`.
Eugene: OK. You know, I`m going to have to consult my spirit guides here, because you tell me that Trevor is withholding from you, but you won`t tell me anything specific and you still want me to sit here and divine why.
Arley: Divine why? You always talk like that?
Eugene: Yes.
Arley: You go to some big, fancy school?
Eugene: Yes.
Arley: Think you can stop rubbing my nose in it?
Jerry: You ever been on the street?
Arley: My mom took us pretty close.
Jerry: Well, you can`t know. Not until you look at a dumpster. But when you climb into that thing for the first time and you pull those newspapers over you, that`s when you know you`ve messed your life up. Somebody comes along like your son, and gives me a leg up, I`ll take it. Even from a kid, I`ll take it.
Chris: Is that what you want for your birthday? Everybody it forward?
Trevor: I can`t ask for that.
Chris: Sure you can. Why not?
Trevor: It wouldn`t work.
Chris: Why?
Trevor: [Long pause] I already blew out my candles.
Trevor: Were you just being nice?
Eugene: About what?
Trevor: About my idea. Do you think it`s good, or were you just being teachery?
Eugene: "Teachery"?
Trevor: Bullshitting.
Eugene: Do I strike you as someone falsely nice?
Trevor: No. You`re not even really all that nice.
[Thorsen gives Chris the keys to his car]
Chris: You want me to drive home in your car?
Thorsen: No, I want you to take my car. Had a lot of luck lately. I don`t need it.
Chris: You`re giving me a brand-new Jaguar, and you don`t want anything?
Thorsen: I can prove it. Give me your card.
[Chris gives Thorsen a business card]
Thorsen: I`ll be in touch.
Chris: Whoa, what is this? What, you want me to kill your wife or something?
Thorsen: No. Tempting, but no. Call it generosity between two strangers.
Thorsen: I thanked him and there were some very specific orifices in which I was told to shove my thanks. He told me, "Just pay it forward." Three big favors for three other people. That`s it.
Chris: So it`s like a pass-it-on thing, then. Wait a minute. You and this lowlife are in this chain of do-gooders, some kind of Mother Theresa conga line? That`s a little New-Agey for you, isn`t it? Sort of Tibetan? What, are you in a cult?
Thorsen: If you mention my name, you`ll be selling your kidneys to pay for your lawsuit. Cult.
Chris: Hey, the guy. What was the guy`s name?
Thorsen: [as he`s walking away] Sorry, I`m late for my mass wedding.
Trevor McKenney: [to Mr. Simonet] What did you ever do to change the world?
Woman on Bridge: [sobbing] Oh, God. For God`s sake...
Jerry: Come on, tell me! Why are you not worth it?
Woman on Bridge: [sobbing] Trust me, you wouldn`t understand.
Jerry: Are you kidding me? You think I live at the Ritz?
Trivia
The license plate 2GAT123 which appears in this film also features in Traffic (2000), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Mulholland Dr. (2001), Crazy/Beautiful (2001), L.A. Story (1991), "Two and a Half Men" (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003), and Go (1999).
Eugene Osment, who plays the mustachioed cop giving directions, is Haley Joel Osment`s father and acting coach.
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# In the book, the teacher is a black man named Reuben St.Clair. The role of Reuben was originally offered to Denzel Washington but was turned down due to other commitments. When Kevin Spacey agreed to the movie the character was changed to a white man named Eugene Simonet.
Several pieces of promotional material (including some press kits) mistakenly referred to Kevin Spacey`s character as Reuben Simone.
Trevor is supposed to be in Jr. High School. However, the school scenes were filmed at Centennial High School in North Las Vegas.
The bridge that the "jumper" is on, is the Saint Johns Bridge in Portland,Or.
Haley Joel Osment celebrated his 12th birthday on the set during the last day of shooting. Although Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt had completed their own filming, they turned up on the set just to celebrate his birthday. Coincidentally, Trevor McKinney, the character played by Haley, celebrated his 12th birthday in the movie
The Jaguar owner is played by director Mimi Leder`s husband, Gary Werntz. His character`s asthmatic daughter is their real-life daughter, Hannah Werntz.
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# In the scene where Helen Hunt`s character strikes her son Trevor across the face, Haley Joel Osment requested that she actually hit him to make it seem more realistic. However, director Mimi Leder declined
SPOILER: The overhead shot of the wounded Trevor is almost identical to the overhead shot of the wounded Dr. Crowe at the beginning of The Sixth Sense (1999), even down to the position of the injury. Both films star Haley Joel Osment.
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