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Martian Child Quotes

Martian Child is a television show that was first aired in 1970 . Martian Child ended its run in 1970.

It features Ed Elbert, and Drew Barrymore; David Kirschner; Toby Emmerich; Nancy Juvonen as producer, Aaron Zigman in charge of musical score, and Robert D. Yeoman as head of cinematography.

Martian Child is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Martian Child is 106 minutes long. Martian Child is distributed by New Line Cinema.

The cast includes: John Cusack as David, Bobby Coleman as Dennis, Amanda Peet as Harlee, Joan Cusack as Liz, Howard Hesseman as Dr. Berg, and Sophie Okonedo as Sophie.

Martian Child Quotes

John Cusack as David

  • (John Cusack) "Just think of it as a bigger box --"
  • (John Cusack) "I don't want to bring another kid into this world. But how do you argue against loving one that's already here?"
  • (John Cusack) "Hi. What's your name?"
  • (Esther) "Esther."
  • (John Cusack) "Hi, Esther."
  • (Esther) "I know who you are."
  • (John Cusack) "You do?"
  • (Esther) "You're the man who Sophie called about Dennis, but you don't want him 'cause your wife's dead."
  • (John Cusack) "Who told you that?"
  • (Esther) "Dennis."
  • (John Cusack) "Are you a friend of his, or what?"
  • (Esther) "No, he's a weirdo. He doesn't have any friends."
  • (John Cusack) "He doesn't? Where is he hanging out?"
  • (Esther) "He's in the box. He doesn't come out until night."
  • (John Cusack) "Why does he do that?"
  • (Esther) "The sun. He hates the sun."
  • (John Cusack) "Why does he hate the sun?"
  • (Esther) "I don't know. Because he thinks it's too sunny?"
  • (John Cusack) "Right."
  • (John Cusack) "Just as a point of interest, what made you think I'd be a good match for a boy who spends most of his time in a box?"
  • (Sophie Okonedo) "He thinks he's from another planet."
  • (John Cusack) "Isn't he wild?"
  • (Amanda Peet) "He's great, like a little Andy Warhol."
  • (John Cusack) "He has the same social skills, by the way."
  • (Amanda Peet) "You know what I think it is?"
  • (John Cusack) "What?"
  • (Amanda Peet) "He's an old soul."
  • (John Cusack) "What does that mean?"
  • (John Cusack) "Seriously."
  • (Amanda Peet) "It just means he's figured it out."
  • (John Cusack) "You know, what is so amazing about you is that you're right. You're always right. And you remember when you're right. And you never let anybody else forget it."
  • (John Cusack) "Sometimes we forget that children have just arrived on the earth. They are a little like aliens, coming into beings as bundles of energy and pure potential, here on some exploratory mission and they are just trying to learn what it means to be human. For some reason Dennis and I reached out into the universe and found each other, Never really know how or why. And discovered that I can love an alien and he can love a creature. And thats weird enough for both of us."
  • (John Cusack) "There's nothing you could do that will change the way I feel about you."
  • (John Cusack) "Why did they send you here? You know, the Martians?"
  • (Bobby Coleman) "To join a family and to learn human beingness."
  • (John Cusack) "I do know, there's no one on this planet that loves Dennis anymore than I do."
  • (John Cusack) "So what made you think that I would be a good match for a boy who spends most of his time in a box?"
  • (John Cusack) "Uh, listen, Chief, I, uh -- I brought you some sunblock. Very strong stuff. SPF 45, that's sun protection factor, and uh, helps you against the ultraviolet rays, which are, you know, they call them the UV rays. Anyways, it's hypoallergenic and waterproof. I'll just leave it for you."
  • (John Cusack) "What was that for?"
  • (Amanda Peet) "'Cause they're giving medals to all the wrong guys."
  • (John Cusack) "That's a good question, which is usually what adults say if they don't know the answer."
  • (John Cusack) "Dennis, can I just say one last thing about Mars?; which may be strange coming from a Science-Fiction writer; But right now, you and me here, put together entirely of atoms, sitting on this round rock with a core of liquid iron, held down by this force that seems to trouble you, called gravity, all the while spinning around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour and whizzing through the milkyway at 600,000 miles an hour in a universe that very well may be chasing its own tail at the speed of light; And admist all this frantic activity, fully cognisant of our own eminent demise; which is our own pretty way of saying we all know we're gonna die; We reach out to one another. Sometimes for the sake of entity, sometimes for reasons you're not old enough to understand yet, but a lot of the time we just reach out and expect nothing in return. Isn't that strange? Isn't that weird? Isn't that weird enough? The heck do ya need to be from Mars for?"

Joan Cusack as Liz

  • (Joan Cusack) "David, you're hysterical."
  • (John Cusack) "I know. See, everybody says, "Don't be hysterical." But I say, "Why not be hysterical?" Hysterical is the new calm. My wife dies, boom. I go out and I adopt a kid from Neptune. Should I just chill, or should I be hysterical? You tell me. I think hysteria is a way of life. It's a clothing line at least."
  • (Joan Cusack) "Listen, I gotta take The Omen One and Two to soccer practice, okay?"
  • (Joan Cusack) "Guys, get off the dog."
  • (Nicholas) "We're just playing."
  • (Joan Cusack) "That dog is like 200 years old in human- would you do that to Grandma?"

Howard Hesseman as Dr. Berg

  • (Howard Hesseman) "He probably thinks he's going to float away because he's very smart and he sees that he's living in a world where things and people do disappear."

Bobby Coleman as Dennis

  • (Bobby Coleman) "Nice talk."
  • (Bobby Coleman) "Beware. I almost disney-graded you."
  • (John Cusack) "Disintegrate me? Why would you do that?"
  • (Bobby Coleman) "Was I bad?"
  • (John Cusack) "I don't care about any of that stuff. Look, this is just stuff."
  • (John Cusack) "Come on. Break it like you mean it."
  • (John Cusack) "Now that. Come on."
  • (Bobby Coleman) "But then I started doing science and realized the Earth was spinning around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour. held in place by gravity and I thought "What the heck do I need to be from Mars for?""
  • (Bobby Coleman) "Superstars don't exist. Only supernovas and white dwarfs."

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