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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Quotes

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins completed its run in 1970.

It features Larry Spiegel as producer, Craig Safan in charge of musical score, and Andrew Laszlo as head of cinematography.

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is 116 minutes long. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is distributed by Orion Pictures.

The cast includes: Fred Ward as Remo Williams, Joel Grey as Chiun, Kate Mulgrew as Major Rayner Fleming, J. A. Preston as Conn MacCleary, Wilford Brimley as Harold Smith, and Patrick Kilpatrick as Stone.

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Quotes

Joel Grey as Chiun

  • (Joel Grey) "Place your hands behind your head."
  • (Joel Grey) "I did not say keep them there. Your reflexes are pitiful. The seasons move faster."
  • (Joel Grey) "Professional assassination. It's the highest form of public service."
  • (Joel Grey) "You did not ask to be white. So perhaps that is not your fault. You did not ask to be here. Perhaps that is not your fault, either."
  • (Joel Grey) "You move like a pregnant yak. Sit."
  • (Joel Grey) "It would be better for you to eat this can than what is inside of it. Why must everything in this country be coated with monositi- -- monosoti --"
  • (Fred Ward) "Monosodium glutamate. You can't even say it."
  • (Joel Grey) "I can say "rat droppings." That does not mean I want to eat them."
  • (Joel Grey) "You must run very fast."
  • (Joel Grey) "Karate, Kung Fu, Ninjitsu; they are but shadows. Sinanju is the Sun."
  • (Joel Grey) "In Korea, door handles do not come off."
  • (Joel Grey) "Remember, perfection is a road, not a destination."
  • (Joel Grey) "Fear is just a feeling. You feel hot. You feel hungry. You feel angry. You feel afraid. Fear can never kill you."
  • (Joel Grey) "I do not wear glasses so that I may see. I wear glasses so that I may see -- more."
  • (Joel Grey) "Breathe out -- slowly -- do not gulp. If you do not breathe correctly, you do not move correctly. Pitiful. I can see the deadly hamburger has done its evil work."
  • (Joel Grey) "Do you know why Americans call it fast food?"
  • (Joel Grey) "Because it speeds them on the way to the grave."
  • (Joel Grey) "As I feared; you have no sense of humor."
  • (Joel Grey) "The trained mind does not need a watch. Watches are a confidence trick invented by the Swiss."

Fred Ward as Remo Williams

  • (Fred Ward) "Is it painful?"
  • (Joel Grey) "I was singing an old Korean love song."
  • (Fred Ward) "It's a wonder the race isn't extinct."
  • (Fred Ward) "Do you always talk like a Chinese fortune cookie?"
  • (Joel Grey) "Chinese. Korean is the most perfect creature ever to sanctify the earth with the imprint of its foot."
  • (Fred Ward) "You know, Chiun, there are times when I really like you."
  • (Joel Grey) "Of course. I am Chiun."
  • (Fred Ward) "And there are times when I could really kill you."
  • (Joel Grey) "Good. We will practice that after dinner."
  • (Fred Ward) "I've got a job to do."
  • (Joel Grey) "Remo."
  • (Joel Grey) "Do not embarrass us."
  • (Fred Ward) "I won't -- Little Father."
  • (Fred Ward) "Chiun, you're incredible."
  • (Joel Grey) "No. I am better than that."
  • (Fred Ward) "How old are you? I mean really, you are old, now aren't you?"
  • (Joel Grey) "For an apricot, yes. For a head of lettuce, even more so. For a mountain, I have not even begun in years. For a man, I am just right."
  • (New York City traffic control cop) "Excuse me. What are you doin' to that boy?"
  • (Fred Ward) "Oh, uh, unnecessary use of the horn, officer."
  • (New York City traffic control cop) "Well, I'll be unnecessary use of my nightstick on your thick skull if you don't let him go."
  • (Fred Ward) "Whatever happened to police courtesy and that kind of stuff, huh?"
  • (New York City traffic control cop) "We save that bulls*** for the Upper East Side."
  • (Fred Ward) "You used the other four yesterday."
  • (Joel Grey) "I reloaded."
  • (Fred Ward) "You know, Chiun, you're a real pain in the ass."
  • (Joel Grey) "That is because it is the shortest route to your brain."
  • (Fred Ward) "Jesus."
  • (Joel Grey) "Concentrate. This is NO time for prayer."

J. A. Preston as Conn MacCleary

  • (J. A. Preston) "All I can promise you is terror for breakfast, pressure for lunch, and aggravation for sleep. Your vacations will be two minutes when you're not looking over your shoulder, and if you live to draw a pension, it'll be a miracle."
  • (Fred Ward) "Are there any disadvantages?"
  • (J. A. Preston) "Hell, I'm lucky I've lasted this long."
  • (J. A. Preston) "You're going to be the Eleventh Commandment: 'Thou shalt not get away with it.'"
  • (J. A. Preston) "Didn't I tell you? We don't use that 'bang bang' stuff. Your mind and your body become your weapon. That's what your new pal Chiun is going to teach you."
  • (J. A. Preston) "We've done some work on you."
  • (J. A. Preston) "Just your face."
  • (Fred Ward) "You better have a damn good reason."
  • (J. A. Preston) "We did. You're ugly."
  • (J. A. Preston) "Well, Chiun? What do you think?"
  • (Joel Grey) "He's very slow. His reflexes are pitiful; poorly coordinated. He's in wretched physical condition, impetuous, and clumsy. He moves like a baboon with two club feet. However, there is a feeble glint of promise in his eyes. I think I can do something with him."
  • (J. A. Preston) "Good."

Patrick Kilpatrick as Stone

  • (Patrick Kilpatrick) "Do I sense frustration?"
  • (Kate Mulgrew) "You must have a lot of experience at that."

Wilford Brimley as Harold Smith

  • (Wilford Brimley) "Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven. Charles M. Russell, Montana, 1926."

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