The Abyss Quotes

The Abyss is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Abyss ended in 1970.

It features Gale Anne Hurd as producer, Alan Silvestri in charge of musical score, and Mikael Salomon as head of cinematography.

The Abyss is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Abyss is 140 minutes long. The Abyss is distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The cast includes: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Lindsey Brigman, Ed Harris as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman, J.C. Quinn as 'Sonny' Dawson, Todd Graff as Alan "Hippy" Carnes, Adam Nelson as Ensign Monk, Ed Harris as Virgil, Christopher Murphy as Schoenick, Chris Elliott as Bendix, Leo Burmester as Catfish De Vries, Kimberly Scott as Lisa "One Night" Standing, Family as Lew Finler, John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer Willis, and Todd Graff as Aliens.

The Abyss Quotes

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Lindsey Brigman

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Hi, Brigman."
• (Ed Harris) "Hi, Mrs. Brigman."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "We should be dead. We didn't decompress."
• (Todd Graff) "They musta done something to us."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Yeah. Yeah, I think you could say that."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "The bad news is we got eight hours in this can blowin' down -- And the worse news is, it's gonna take us three weeks to decompress later."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "These guys are about as much fun as a tax audit."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "I saw these things. I touched one of them. And -- It wasn't some clunky steel can -- like we would build. It glided. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Oh, God, I wish you'd been there. It was a machine. It was a machine, but it was alive. It was like a -- like a dance of light. Please. You have to trust me. Now, I don't think they mean us any harm. I don't know how I know that. It's just -- a feeling."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "You know, you've got some huevos bringin' that thing into my rig. With all that's going on up in the world you bring a nuclear weapon IN HERE?"
• (Lt. Coffey) "Mrs. Brigman --"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Does this strike anyone as particularly psychotic, or is it just me?"
• (Lt. Coffey) "Mrs. Brigman, you don't need to know the details of our operation, it's better if you don't."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "You're right, I don't need to know, what I need to know is that THING is off this rig, do you hear me ROGER RAMJET?"

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "I need you to believe me right now. Please?"

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "So, raise your hand if you thought that was a Russian water tentacle."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Bud. Bud. Get up."
• (Ed Harris) "Hey, Cat. Cat."
• (Leo Burmester) "Hey, lemme alone."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "It's trying to communicate."
• (Kimberly Scott) "It's Bud."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "It's wonderful."
• (Ed Harris) "It's me."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Coffey, these are the missile hatches, is that right?"
• (Lt. Hiram Coffey) "That's right. It looks like a couple of hatches have sprung. Radiation's nominal. Warheads must still be intact."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "How many are there?"
• (Lt. Hiram Coffey) "Twenty-four Trident missiles, eight M.I.R.V.s per missile."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "That's a hundred and ninety-two warheads, Coffey. How powerful are they?"
• (Lt. Hiram Coffey) "The M.I.R.V. is a tactical nuke. Uh, fifty kilotons, nominal yield, say -- five times Hiroshima."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Jesus Christ. It's World War Three in a can."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "It's not easy being a cast-iron bitch. It takes discipline, and years of training -- A lot of people don't appreciate that."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Schoenick, your Lieutenant's about to make a real bad career move."
• (Todd Graff) "The guy's crazier than a s***-house rat."
• (Ed Harris) "Schoenick."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "They're trying to make contact. Schoenick, please, listen to us."
• (Adam Nelson) "Can't you see he's lost it?"
• (Christopher Murphy) "Shut up."
• (Adam Nelson) "The shock wave will kill us."
• (Christopher Murphy) "Quiet."
• (Adam Nelson) "It'll crush this rig like a beer can."
• (Christopher Murphy) "Shut up man, what're you talkin' about?"
• (Adam Nelson) "We've gotta stop him."
• (Christopher Murphy) "Shut up."
• (Adam Nelson) "This is not our mission. We can't detonate without orders."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "So raise your hand if you think that was a Russian water-tentacle."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Have some new friends down here. Guess they've been here awhile. They've left us alone, but it bothers them to see us hurting each other. Getting out of hand. They sent a message. Hope you got it."
• (Leo Burmester) "I'd say that's a big ten-four, Jack."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "They want us to grow up a bit, and put away childish things. Of course, it's just a suggestion."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "It says -- It says, uh -- "Virgil Brigman back on the air"."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "I know, but we could get lucky, right? So we should go for it."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Explorer, this is Cab Three, starting our descent along the umbilical."
• (J.C. Quinn) "Roger that, Cab Three. Good luck."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Luck is not a factor."

Ed Harris as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

• (Ed Harris) "When you're hanging on by your fingernails, you can't go waving your arms around."

• (Ed Harris) "How's it going, One Night?"
• (Kimberly Scott) "All hell must be breakin' loose up there. This cable's pissin' me off. I can't get a grip on it."
• (Ed Harris) "Well, keep tryin' baby, just keep tryin'."
• (Chris Elliott) "s***. We've got a problem. We're losing number two thruster. Bearing's going -- It's not holding. We're swinging out of position here."
• (Unnamed) "God damn it."
• (Kimberly Scott) "s***."
• (Todd Graff) "The rig is movin'."
• (Ed Harris) "Yeah, I can see that."
• (Ed Harris) "Topside. Topside, pay out some slack, we're gettin' dragged."
• (Unnamed) "Down on number one winch."
• (Ed Harris) "We're gettin' dragged."
• (Unnamed) "Down on one."
• (Unnamed) "s***. Get him on the UQC."
• (Unnamed) "Bud. We lost the crane."
• (Ed Harris) "Say again, what?"
• (Unnamed) "The crane. We've lost the crane. It's on its way down to you."
• (Ed Harris) "All right, all right everybody brace for impact. Close all the exterior hatches, let's go go go go."
• (Lt. Coffey) "You two help secure the rig. Let's go."
• (Ed Harris) "One Night. One Night, can you hear me? Get the hell outta there, the crane's comin' down."
• (Kimberly Scott) "I'm okay, I'm clear, Bud."

• (Ed Harris) "All right, all right, here."
• (Ed Harris) "You put this on."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "No, no. What are you doing?"
• (Ed Harris) "Don't argue with me, goddammit, just put it on."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Look, this is not an option, so just forget about it, all right?"
• (Ed Harris) "Lindsey, shut up. Shut up, and put this thing on."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "If you'll be logical for one second --"
• (Ed Harris) "f*** LOGIC."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Please, listen. Just listen to me for one second. Now you've got the suit on, and you're a much better swimmer than I am, right?"
• (Ed Harris) "Yeah, maybe --"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Right? Yes. So I've got a plan."
• (Ed Harris) "What's the plan?"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "I drown, and you tow me back to the rig."
• (Ed Harris) "No. No."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Yes. This water --"
• (Ed Harris) "NO."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "-- is only a couple degrees above freezing. I g-go into deep hypothermia, my blood'll go like ice water, right? My body systems will slow down, they won't stop --"
• (Ed Harris) "Linds --"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "You tow me back and I can, I can be revived after, maybe ten or fifteen minutes. Ten-fifteen minutes."
• (Ed Harris) "Linds, you put this on, you put it on."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "No, it's the only way. Just put this on. Put this on, you know I'm right. Please, it's the only way, you've got all the s-stuff on the rig to do this. Put this on, Bud, please --"
• (Ed Harris) "This is insane."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Oh my God, I know. But it's the only way."

• (Ed Harris) "Keep your pantyhose on."

• (Ed Harris) "Howdy. Uh -- How are you guys doin'?"

• (Ed Harris) "That's a great shot, Linds."
• (Leo Burmester) "You drop your dive light?"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "No, come on you guys, come on. Now that's the small one, that's the small one here. You can kinda see how it's zigging around."
• (Todd Graff) "Yeah, whatever it is."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "I'm telling you what it is, you're just not hearing me."
• (Leo Burmester) "Now Lindsey, you --"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "There is something down there. Something not us."
• (Leo Burmester) "You could be more specific."
• (Ed Harris) "Somethin' that "zigs"."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Not us. Not human, get it? Something non-human, but intelligent -- A non-terrestrial intelligence."
• (Todd Graff) "A non-terrestrial intelligence. NTIs. Oh man, that's better than UFOs. Oh, but that works too, huh? "Underwater Flying Objects"."

• (Ed Harris) "How do you know they're really gonna do it? Where do you get off passing judgment on us? You can't be sure. How do you know?"

• (Ed Harris) "So, I can hear you, but I can't talk, right?"
• (Adam Nelson) "The fluid prevents the larynx from making sound. Excuse me. It'll feel a little strange."
• (Ed Harris) "Yeah, no s***."

• (Ed Harris) "When it comes to the safety of these people, there's me and then there's God, understand?"

• (Ed Harris) "God, I hate that bitch."
• (Todd Graff) "Probably shouldn't have married her then, huh?"

• (Ed Harris) "Goddammit, you bitch. You never backed away from anything in your life. Now fight."
• (Ed Harris) "Fight."
• (Ed Harris) "Fight. Right now. Do it. Fight goddammit. Fight. Fight. Fiiiiight."

• (Ed Harris) "She didn't leave me. She just left me behind."

• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Turn on your side, Virgil."

• (Ed Harris) "You know, I can't believe you were dumb enough to come down here. Now you're stuck here for the storm. That was dumb, hot rod. Real dumb."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "I didn't come down here to fight with you."
• (Ed Harris) "Yeah? Well, why did you come down then?"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "You need me. Nobody knows the systems on this rig better than I do. Once you're disconnected from the Explorer you are on your own for however long this storm lasts. I mean, what if something was to happen after the surface deport clears off? What would you have done?"
• (Ed Harris) "Yeah, right. Us poor, dumb old boys would've had to think for ourselves. Coulda been a disaster."

• (Ed Harris) "Hippy, you think everything is a conspiracy."
• (Todd Graff) "Everything is."

• (Ed Harris) "Brigman here. Yeah, Kirkhill, what's going on? Yeah, I'm calm. I'm a calm person. Is there some reason I shouldn't be calm?"
• (Ed Harris) "WHAT?"

Todd Graff as Aliens

• (Todd Graff) "These guys are SEALS?"
• (Leo Burmester) "Eh. These guys ain't so tough. I fought guys plenty tougher'n them."
• (Todd Graff) "Now we get to hear how you "coulda been a contender"?"

• (Todd Graff) "You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; anythin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened. Give their folks medals."
• (Ed Harris) "Relax, will ya? You're makin' the women nervous."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Cute, Virgil."

• (Todd Graff) "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's M.I.R.V.."

Kimberly Scott as Lisa "One Night" Standing

• (Kimberly Scott) "This tell us how much radiation we're getting?"
• (Todd Graff) "Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I'm not going near no radiation. No way."
• (Leo Burmester) "Aw Hippy, you p*****."
• (Todd Graff) "Yeah, what good is the money, six months later your dick drops off?"

Leo Burmester as Catfish De Vries

• (Leo Burmester) "It's a bottomless pit, baby. Two-and-a-half miles straight down."

• (Leo Burmester) "Hell, for triple time, I'd eat Beany."
• (John Bedford Lloyd) "Set me on fire and put me out with horse piss."

• (Lt. Coffey) "Let's get something straight. You people are under my authority."
• (Leo Burmester) "Look, partner, we don't work for you. We don't take orders from you. And we don't much like you."
• (Ed Harris) "Hey, Cat. Cat."
• (Leo Burmester) "Yeah?"
• (Ed Harris) "Why don't you take the first watch on sonar? Okay?"

• (Leo Burmester) "Huh. Damn rat's breathing that s***. That is no bulls***, hands down. The god****edest thing I ever saw."

Adam Nelson as Ensign Monk

• (Adam Nelson) "Bud, give me a reading from your liquid oxygen gauge."
• (Ed Harris) "5 minuts worth"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "What?"
• (Todd Graff) "It took him thirty minutes just to get down there."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Bud. Do you hear me? You drop your weights and start back now, Bud. The gauge could be wrong. Do you hear me? Just drop your weights and start back now. Your gauge could be wrong."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Your gauge could be wrong, you drop your weights and start back now."
• (Ed Harris) "Going to stay awhile"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "No, you won't stay there, do you hear me, you drop your weights. You can breathe shallow, do you hear me? Bud, please listen to me, please, goddammit, you dragged me back from the bottomless pit, you can't leave me here alone now, please --"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Oh god, Virgil, please -- please --"
• (Ed Harris) "Dont cry baby. Knew this was one way ticket, but you know I had to come. Love you wife."

• (Adam Nelson) "Bud, give me a reading from your liquid oxygen gauge."
• (Ed Harris) "5 minuts worth"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "What?"
• (Todd Graff) "It took him thirty minutes just to get down there."
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Bud. Do you hear me? You drop your weights and start back now, Bud. The gauge could be wrong. Do you hear me? Just drop your weights and start back now. The gauge could be wrong. The gauge could be wrong, you drop your weights and start back now."
• (Ed Harris) "Going to stay awhile"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "No, you won't stay there, do you hear me, you drop your weights. You can breathe shallow, do you hear me? Bud, please listen to me, please, goddammit, you dragged me back from the bottomless pit, you can't leave me here alone now, please --"
• (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) "Oh God, Virgil, please -- please --"
• (Ed Harris) "Don't cry baby. Knew this was one way ticket, but you know I had to come. Love you wife."

Chris Elliott as Bendix

• (Chris Elliott) "Oh no, look who's with them. Queen Bitch of the Universe."

Family as Lew Finler

• (Family) "Bud, did you know your hand is blue?"
• (Ed Harris) "Finler, why don't you just shut up and put your gear on?"

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