Burgess Meredith as Don Learo

Peter Sellars as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Julie Delpy as Virginia

Leos Carax as Edgar

Molly Ringwald as Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard as Professor Pluggy

Norman Mailer as The Great Writer

Woody Allen as Mr. Alien

Freddy Buache as Professor Quentin (uncredited)

Kate Mailer as Herself (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza as (uncredited)

Michèle Pétin as Journalist (uncredited)

Menahem Golan as Himself (voice) [uncredited]