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The Man Who Fell to Earth Quotes

The Man Who Fell to Earth is a TV show that was first aired in 1970 . The Man Who Fell to Earth stopped airing in 1970.

It features Michael Deeley, and Barry Spikings as producer, John Phillips, and Stomu Yamashta in charge of musical score, and Anthony B. Richmond as head of cinematography.

The Man Who Fell to Earth is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Man Who Fell to Earth is 138 minutes long. The Man Who Fell to Earth is distributed by British Lion Films.

The cast includes: David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, Rip Torn as Nathan Bryce, Candy Clark as Mary-Lou, Buck Henry as Oliver Farnsworth, Rick Riccardo as Trevor, and Adrienne La Russa as Helen.

The Man Who Fell to Earth Quotes

Rip Torn as Nathan Bryce

  • (Waiter) "I think maybe Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?"
  • (Rip Torn) "I think maybe, he has."
  • (David Bowie) "Ah."
  • (Rip Torn) "Who'd you make it for, then?"
  • (David Bowie) "For my wife. She'll get to hear it one day; on the radio."
  • (Rip Torn) "We hear most everything on the radio these days."
  • (Rip Torn) "You see, Mr. Newton, I'm kind of a cliche. I'm the disillusioned scientist, that goes with the cynical writer, the alcoholic actor and the spaced-out spaceman. A man like you wouldn't understand a guy like me."
  • (Rip Torn) "Why'd you come here?"
  • (David Bowie) "Where I come from, there's a terrible drought. We saw pictures of your planet on television. We saw the water. In fact, our word for your planet means; planet of water."
  • (Rip Torn) "You watched it all on television?"
  • (Rip Torn) "Don't you feel bitter about it; everything?"
  • (David Bowie) "Bitter, no. We'd have probably treated you the same if you'd come over to our place."
  • (Rip Torn) "Well, I'm not a lecherous old man; but, you're a lecherous little girl."
  • (Jill) "But, no one would ever believe it."
  • (Rip Torn) "Per ardua ad astra -- That's Latin."
  • (David Bowie) "Latin?"
  • (Rip Torn) "You must know that in England? The Royal Air Force, their motto."
  • (David Bowie) "Yes."
  • (Rip Torn) "Per ardua ad astra. Through difficulties to the stars."

David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton

  • (David Bowie) "My life isn't secret, Mr. Farnsworth, but it is private."
  • (David Bowie) "My interest is energy; transference of energy."
  • (David Bowie) "If I stay, I'll die."
  • (Candy Clark) "What're you talking about? Take me with you, I'll see you don't die."
  • (David Bowie) "I can't stay."
  • (Candy Clark) "You're an alien."
  • (Jewelery Store Owner) "Can I help?"
  • (David Bowie) "I'm sorry. I want to sell this ring."
  • (Jewelery Store Owner) "Where'd you get it from?"
  • (David Bowie) "My wife gave it to me. You see it has initials."
  • (Jewelery Store Owner) "T.J.N. Do you have any I.D.?"
  • (David Bowie) "I'm British, I have a passport."
  • (Jewelery Store Owner) "Thomas Jerome Newton. This is not a pawn shop, Mr. Newton."
  • (David Bowie) "I beg your pardon?"
  • (Jewelery Store Owner) "If you sell it to me now, you can't redeem it later."
  • (David Bowie) "I understand."
  • (Jewelery Store Owner) "$20."
  • (David Bowie) "$20?"
  • (David Bowie) "They're stuck. I'll never get them off."
  • (David Bowie) "Ask me --"
  • (Rip Torn) "What?"
  • (David Bowie) "The question you've been wanting to ask ever since we met."
  • (Rip Torn) "Are you Lithuanian?"
  • (David Bowie) "I come from England."
  • (Rip Torn) "Ah, that's not so terrible."
  • (David Bowie) "Do you think I could have something to drink?"
  • (Candy Clark) "Are you sure you should drink?"
  • (David Bowie) "I'd like a glass of --"
  • (Candy Clark) "Gin? A nice gin and tonic with four cubes of ice and a slice of lime. Hmm. How's that sound mister?"
  • (David Bowie) "Just a glass of water."
  • (David Bowie) "Mary Lou. Help me."
  • (David Bowie) "We'd have probably done the same to you, if you'd come 'round our place."
  • (David Bowie) "What is this music Farnsworth keeps sending me? I don't like it."
  • (Candy Clark) "Some big named composer."
  • (David Bowie) "I don't want it. I want something with singing on it."
  • (David Bowie) "They're so strange here, the trains."
  • (David Bowie) "Well I'm not a scientist. But I know all things begin and end in eternity."
  • (David Bowie) "Television. The strange thing about television is that it; doesn't tell you everything. It shows you everything about life on Earth, but the true mysteries remain. Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space."
  • (David Bowie) "You put alcohol in my drink."
  • (David Bowie) "I can't go to church."
  • (Candy Clark) "Oh, come on, Tommy, it's a real good church. You won't feel out of place. Makes me feel so good. Gives me something to believe in. Everybody needs that: a meaning to life. I mean, when you look out at the sky at night, don't you feel that somewhere, out there, there's gotta be a God. There's gotta be."

Candy Clark as Mary-Lou

  • (Candy Clark) "Oh, come on, Tommy. Don't go now. Give us another chance."
  • (Candy Clark) "You won't find anyone else like me, you know. You won't find anyone who'd do for you like I've done for you."
  • (Candy Clark) "Boy, you're really hooked on water, aren't you?"
  • (Candy Clark) "I really like you mister. What do you do? For a living, I mean?"
  • (David Bowie) "Oh, I'm just visiting."
  • (Candy Clark) "Oh, a traveler."
  • (Candy Clark) "Damn cheap princess."
  • (Candy Clark) "All I'm trying to say, Tommy, is that if you could just prove who you really are, you'd be free. Don't you understand, they don't understand you. The don't believe you. Believe me, they think you're one of us. They think you're a freak; or a fake. I know you're not. All you have to do is just prove it to 'em. Let 'em see you as you really are."
  • (Candy Clark) "Are you married?"
  • (David Bowie) "Yes."
  • (Candy Clark) "I thought so. What's she like, your wife? Is she like me?"
  • (David Bowie) "No."
  • (Candy Clark) "I didn't think so. Well, I guess I'll do for now, won't I?"
  • (Candy Clark) "This country's rich. We got; everything."
  • (Candy Clark) "First, we'll have a drink. Then I'll have a bath. And tomorrow; we'll go to church. Lord, I love gin."
  • (Candy Clark) "You know Tommy, you're a freak. I don't mean that unkindly. I like freaks. And that's why I like you."
  • (Candy Clark) "You're going to die like an animal. Just an animal; a stupid creature."
  • (Candy Clark) "What happens to you when you drink?"
  • (David Bowie) "I see things."

Buck Henry as Oliver Farnsworth

  • (Buck Henry) "My father used to say "Oliver, when you get a gift horse, walk up to it, pat it, quiet the animal down and then using both hands force open it's jaws and have a damn good look in it's mouth.""
  • (Rick Riccardo) "I'd say that was good advice"
  • (Buck Henry) "Yes, but my father was always wrong."

Adrienne La Russa as Helen

  • (Adrienne La Russa) "Hello. You know, you're not at all like my father."

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