Total Recall (1990 film) Quotes

Total Recall (1990 film) is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Total Recall stopped airing in 1970.

It features Buzz Feitshans, and Ronald Shusett as producer, Jerry Goldsmith in charge of musical score, and Jost Vacano as head of cinematography.

Total Recall (1990 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Total Recall (1990 film) is 113 minutes long. Total Recall (1990 film) is distributed by TriStar Pictures.

The cast includes: Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, Mel Johnson Jr. as Benny, Debbie Lee Carrington as Melina, Michael Ironside as Richter, Michael Campbell as Helm, Ray Baker as Bob McClane, Ronny Cox as Vilos Cohaagen, Marc Alaimo as Everett, Roy Brocksmith as Dr. Edgemar, Robert Costanzo as Harry, and Ronny Cox as Agent.

Total Recall (1990 film) Quotes

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid

• (Kuato) "What do you want, Mr. Quaid?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "The same as you; to remember."
• (Kuato) "But why?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "To be myself again."
• (Kuato) "You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory."

• (Lori) "I love you."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Right. That's why you tried to kill me."
• (Lori) "No -- I would never do anything to hurt you. I want you to come back to me."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Bulls***."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "What's bulls***, Mr. Quaid? That you're having a paranoid episode triggered by acute neuro-chemical trauma? Or that you're really an invincible secret agent from Mars who's the victim of an interplanetary conspiracy to make him think he's a lowly construction worker? Stop punishing yourself, Doug. You're a fine, upstanding man. You have a beautiful wife who loves you. Your whole life is ahead of you. But you've got to want to return to reality."

• (Johnnycab) "The fare is 18 credits, please."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Sue me, dickhead."
• (Johnnycab) "We hope you enjoyed the ride."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Come on, Cohaagen. You got what you want. Give those people air."
• (Ronny Cox) "In five minutes, you won't give a s*** about any of those people."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Tell me something. Are all psychics --"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Freaks? Afraid so, man. It goes with the territory."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What happened to them?"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Cheap domes and no air to clean out the rays."
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "So, this is it. The Last Resort. You sure you wanna go in there, man?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Why not?"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "'Cause I know this much better place down the street. The girls are cleaner, the liquor ain't watered down --"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Sure, and you get kickbacks."
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Ha ha ha ha. Hey man, I got five kids to feed."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Take them to the dentist."
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Hey. Thanks, mister. Listen, I'll be waiting right here for you. Benny's the name. Benny."

• (Lori) "Listen to me, Sweetheart. Those assholes at Rekall have f***ed up your mind. You're having paranoid delusions."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "You call this a delusion?"

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Come on, Cohaagen. You got what you want. Give those people air."
• (Ronny Cox) "My friend, in five minutes, you won't give a s*** about the people. Fire it up, Doc."
• (Michael Ironside) "Excuse me, Doctor, is he gonna remember any of this?"
• (Doctor) "Not a thing."
• (Michael Ironside) "Oh, really?"
• (Ronny Cox) "Oh, Quaid, I'm having a party tonight. Why don't you and Melina drop by? Remind him, Doc?"
• (Doctor) "Sure."
• (Michael Ironside) "See you at the party."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "That's right."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "Well, maybe this will convince you. Would you mind opening the door?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "You open it."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "No need to be rude, I'll open it."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Oh, guessing that you're not here either."
• (Lori) "I'm here, at Rekall. I love you."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Right, that's why you tried to kill me."
• (Lori) "No. I wouldn't do anything to hurt you. I want you to come back to me."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Bulls***."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "What's bulls*** Mr. Quaid? Afraid to admit that you're having a schizo paranoid episode, or are you really an invincible secret agent from Mars, who is in the middle of an interplanetary conspiracy to make him think that he's a lonley construction worker. Stop punishing yourself Doug, you're a fine upstanding man you have a beautiful wife who loves you, you have a whole life ahead of you. But you gotta want to return to reality."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "If I wanted to return, then what?"
• (Roy Brocksmith) "Swallow this."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What is it."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "It's a symbol for your desire to return to reality. In your dreams you'll fall asleep."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Okay. Let's say you're telling the truth and this is all a dream."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "But I could pull this trigger and it won't matter."
• (Lori) "Don't, Doug."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "Oh it wouldn't make the slighteat difference to me Doug. But the consequences to you will be devestating, because in your mind I'll be dead, and with no one to guide you out you'll be stuck in permenant psychosis."
• (Lori) "Let Dr. Edgemar help you."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "The walls of reality will come crashing down. One minutie, you'll be the savior of the rebel cause, and the nest thing you know you'll be Cohaagan's Bosom Buddy, you'll also have fantasies about alien civilizations as you requested. But in the end back on Earth, you'll be lobotomized. So get a grip on yourself Doug and put down that gun."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "Take the pill and put it in your mouth."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "Swallow it."
• (Lori) "Now you've done it, now you've done it."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Sorry, Ma'am, but this is mine."
• (Woman in Phone Booth) "I don't see your name on it."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Someone lent it to me."
• (Woman in Phone Booth) "You go find your own bag."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Excuse me, Ma'am, but I NEED it."
• (Woman in Phone Booth) "f*** you, asshole."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Well, Cohaagen, I have to hand it to you. It's the best mind-f*** yet."
• (Ronny Cox) "Oh, don't take my word for it. Someone you trust wants to talk to you."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Who is it this time, my mother?"

• (Johnnycab) "Please state the street and number."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Drive. drive."
• (Johnnycab) "I'm not familiar with that address. Would you please repeat the destination?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Anywhere just go. Go."
• (Johnnycab) "I'm not familiar with that address. Would you please repeat the destination?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "s***. s***."
• (Johnnycab) "Would you please repeat the destination?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Aaahhh."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Relax. You'll live longer."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "All right, let's say you're telling the truth and this is all a dream. I could pull this trigger and it won't matter."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "It won't make the slightest difference to me Doug, but the consequences to you will be devastating. In your mind, I'll be dead, and with no one to guide you out, you'll be stuck here in permanent psychosis. The walls of reality will come crashing down around you. One minute, you're the savior of the rebel cause; next thing you know, you'll be Cohaagen's bosom buddy. You'll even have fantasies about alien civilizations as you requested; but in the end, back on Earth, you'll be lobotomized. So get a grip on yourself, Doug, and put down that gun."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What do you want?"
• (Roy Brocksmith) "This is going to be very difficult for you at accept, Mr. Quaid."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I'm listening."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "I'm afraid you're not really standing here right now."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "You know, Doc, you could have fooled me."
• (Roy Brocksmith) "I'm quite serious. You're not here, and neither am I."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Amazing. Where are we?"
• (Roy Brocksmith) "At Rekall."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What about the guy you lobotomized? Did he get a refund?"

• (Lori) "Doug? Honey, are you all right?"
• (Lori) "You were dreaming. Doug? Was it about Mars?"
• (Lori) "Is that better?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Hmm."
• (Lori) "My poor baby. This is getting to be an obsession."

• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "If I am not me, then who the hell am I?"

Ronny Cox as Vilos Cohaagen

• (Ronny Cox) "Relax, Quaid. You'll like being Hauser."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "The guy's a f***ing asshole."
• (Ronny Cox) "Not true. He's one of my best friends. Besides, he's got a big house and a Mercedes and -- you like Melina, right? Well, you get to f*** her every night. That's right, she's going to be Hauser's babe."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "I'll bust his balls."
• (Ronny Cox) "Uh-uh, Princess. We're having you fixed. You're gonna be respectful, compliant, and appreciative -- the way a woman should be."

• (Ronny Cox) "Kuato wants what's in Quaid's head, and he might be able to get it 'cause they say he's psychic; and I have a plan to keep this from happening. Do you think you could play along?"
• (Michael Ironside) "Yes, sir."
• (Ronny Cox) "Great, 'cause otherwise, I'll erase your ass."

• (Ronny Cox) "If you want to live, don't hang up."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What do you want?"
• (Ronny Cox) "I'll explain later. The men chasing you have got you bugged and they're tracking you. They're gonna be busting down your door in three minutes unless you do exactly as I say."
• (Ronny Cox) "Don't bother searching. The bug's in your skull."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Who are you?"
• (Ronny Cox) "Never mind. Wet a towel and wrap it over your head. This will muffle the signal."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "How did you find me?"
• (Ronny Cox) "I advise you to hurry. This will buy you some time; they won't be able to pinpoint you for a while."
• (Ronny Cox) "Come on, hurry up. You look beautiful."
• (Ronny Cox) "Now, go to the window. Go."
• (Ronny Cox) "Can you see me down here?"
• (Ronny Cox) "This is the suitcase you gave me."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I gave you?"
• (Ronny Cox) "I'm gonna set it here. After I hang up, come and get it and keep moving."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Wait, who are you?"
• (Ronny Cox) "We were buddies in the agency back on Mars. You asked me that if you ever disappeared, I was to come find you and deliver you this suitcase. So, here I am, and goodbye."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Wait. What was I doing on Mars?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Damn."

• (Ronny Cox) "Don't touch that. Get away. Get back."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What are you afraid of? Turn it on."
• (Ronny Cox) "Impossible. Once the reaction starts, it'll spread to all the turbinium in the planet. Mars will go into global meltdown. That's why the aliens never turned it on."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "And you expect me to believe you?"
• (Ronny Cox) "Who gives a s*** what you believe? In thirty seconds you'll be dead, and I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes."
• (Ronny Cox) "I didn't want it to end this way, I wanted Hauser back, but no -- you had to be Quaid."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I am Quaid."
• (Ronny Cox) "You're nothing. You're nobody. You're a stupid dream. Well, all dreams come to an end."

• (Ronny Cox) "So this is the great man. Hmph. No wonder he kept out of sight. Well, my friend --"
• (Ronny Cox) "-- you're a hero."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "f*** you."
• (Ronny Cox) "Don't be modest. Kuato is dead. The resistance has been completely wiped out and you were the key to the whole thing."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "He's lying."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "You two-faced bastard."
• (Ronny Cox) "You can't blame him, princess."
• (Ronny Cox) "He's innocent. You see, Quaid, none of my people could get close to Kuato. f***in' mutants could always sniff us out. So Hauser and I sat down and invented you: the perfect mole."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "You know you're lying. Hauser turned against you."
• (Ronny Cox) "Uh-uh. That's what we wanted you to think. Fact is, Hauser volunteered to become "Doug Quaid." It was the only way to fool the psychics."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Get your story straight."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "This idiot has been trying to kill me ever since I went to Rekall. You don't kill someone you're trying to plant."
• (Ronny Cox) "He wasn't in on it. You set him off by going to Rekall."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "So, why I am still alive?"
• (Ronny Cox) "We gave you lots of help."
• (Ronny Cox) "Benny here --"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "My pleasure, man."
• (Ronny Cox) "The guy with the suitcase, the mask, the money, the message from Hauser. All of that was set up by us."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Sorry. Too perfect."
• (Ronny Cox) "Perfect, my ass. You pop your memory cap before we can activate you. Richter goes hog-wild screwing up everything that I spent a year planning. Frankly -- I'm amazed it worked."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Well, Cohaagen. I've got to hand it to you. It's the best mind-f*** yet."

Ray Baker as Bob McClane

• (Ray Baker) "Don't let her leave."

• (Dr. Lull) "Listen to me, he's been going on and on about Mars. He's really been there."
• (Ray Baker) "Use your head, you dumb bitch. He's just acting out the secret agent portion of his Ego Trip."
• (Dr. Lull) "I'm afraid that's not possible."
• (Ray Baker) "Why not?"
• (Dr. Lull) "Because we haven't implanted it yet."

• (Ray Baker) "What is it that is exactly the same about every single vacation you have ever taken?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I give up."
• (Ray Baker) "You. You're the same. No matter where you go, there you are. It's always the same old you. Let me suggest that you take a vacation from yourself. I-I know it sounds wild. It is the latest thing in travel. We call it the Ego Trip."

Debbie Lee Carrington as Melina

• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Hello, Hauser. Still bulging, I see."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "What you been feeding this thing?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Blondes."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "I think it's still hungry."

• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Kuato's gonna make you remember some things you knew when you were Hauser."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Like what?"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "All sorts of things, like maybe you'll remember that you loved me."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I don't need Kuato for that."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Since when?"

• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "You son of a bitch. You're alive? I thought that Cohaagen tortured you to death."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I guess he didn't."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "And you couldn't give me a message? You didn't know what happened to me?"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Hauser, thank God you're alive."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Melina, listen. I have something to tell you -- I don't remember you."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "What?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I don't remember you. I don't remember us. I don't even remember me."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Did you get amnesia? How did you get here?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Hauser left me a note."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Hauser? You're Hauser."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Not anymore. Now I'm Quaid. Douglas Quaid."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Come on, Hauser. Have you lost your mind?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I didn't lose my mind. Cohaagen stole it. He somehow found out that Hauser switched sides, so he turned him into another person -- me. So, he dumped me on Earth with a wife and a lousy job --"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Did you say wife? Are you f***in' married?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "She wasn't really my wife."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "She wasn't really your wife? How stupid of me. She was Hauser's wife?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Let's just forget about her."
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "No, let's forget about everything. I'm sick of you and your god**** lies."

• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "That was your wife?"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "What a bitch."

• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "I can't believe it, it's like a dream. What's wrong?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I just had a terrible thought -- what if this is a dream?"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Well, then, kiss me quick before you wake up."

Mel Johnson Jr. as Benny

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Hey, man, I got five kids to feed."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Take them to the dentist."

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Hey, man, you need a cab?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Well, what's wrong with this one?"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "He ain't got five kids to feed."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Where's yours?"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Right over there man."
• (Punk Cabbie) "Hey. Hey, man, that's my fare. Hey, asshole, that's my fare."
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Eat this."

• (Kuato) "Quaid -- Quaid --"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Forget it, man, his fortune-telling days are over."
• (Kuato) "Start the reactor. Free Mars --"

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "You ever f*** a mutant?"

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Baby, you make me wish I had three hands."

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Congratulations, Quaid. You led us right to him."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Benny? Why?"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "How can you do this? You're a mutant."
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "I got four kids to feed."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "So what happened to number five?"
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Aw, s***, man. You got me. I'm not even married. Now, shut up and put your f***ing hands in the air."

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "I'm gonna drill you, sucker. I'm gonna grind you up."

• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "What are you trying to do to me, man?"
• (Debbie Lee Carrington) "Shut up and drive."
• (Mel Johnson Jr.) "Hey, I got five kids to feed."

Michael Campbell as Helm

• (Michael Campbell) "Look at that s***."
• (Michael Ironside) "What the hell's this?"
• (Marc Alaimo) "The Martians love Kuato. They think he's f***in' George Washington."
• (Michael Campbell) "Kill the bastard."

Michael Ironside as Richter

• (Immigration Officer) "Have you brought any fruits or vegetables on the planet?"
• (Fat Lady) "Two weeks."
• (Immigration Officer) "Excuse me?"
• (Fat Lady) "Two weeks. Twooo weeeks. Wweeeoo --"
• (Fat Lady) "Two --"
• (Michael Ironside) "Quaid."
• (Michael Ironside) "That's Quaid."
• (Marc Alaimo) "Where?"
• (Michael Ironside) "That woman. Get him. Her."
• (Marc Alaimo) "Arrest that woman."
• (Michael Ironside) "Get that woman."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Catch."
• (Fat Lady) "Get ready for a surprise."

• (Michael Ironside) "Richter here. We've got them pinned down."
• (Ronny Cox) "Stop fighting and pull out."
• (Michael Ironside) "But they've got Quaid. They're protecting him."
• (Ronny Cox) "Perfect. Get out of Sector G, now."
• (Michael Ironside) "But --"
• (Ronny Cox) "Don't think. Do it."
• (Michael Ironside) "Yes, sir."

• (Michael Ironside) "You have to make a decision, sir."
• (Ronny Cox) "Kill him."
• (Michael Ironside) "It's about god**** time."

• (Michael Ironside) "I want that f***er dead."
• (Michael Campbell) "I don't blame you, man. I wouldn't want a guy like Quaid porkin' my old lady."
• (Michael Ironside) "You saying she liked it?"
• (Michael Campbell) "Uh -- no -- I'm sure she hated every minute of it."

• (Michael Ironside) "You wanted to see me sir."
• (Ronny Cox) "Richter, you know why I'm such a happy person?"
• (Michael Ironside) "No, sir."
• (Ronny Cox) "Because I have one of the greatest jobs in the solar system. As long as the turbinium keeps flowing, I can do anything I want. Anything."
• (Ronny Cox) "In fact, the only thing I worry about is, one day, if the rebels win, it all might end."
• (Ronny Cox) "And you're f***ING MAKING IT HAPPEN. First, you tried to kill Quaid and then you let him get away."
• (Michael Ironside) "He had help from our side, sir."
• (Ronny Cox) "I know that."
• (Michael Ironside) "But, I thought --"
• (Ronny Cox) "Who told you to THINK? I don't give you enough information to THINK. You do as you're told, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO."

• (Michael Ironside) "Son of a bitch."
• (Michael Ironside) "He's got a hologram."

Robert Costanzo as Harry

• (Robert Costanzo) "Hey, Quaid."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "Harry."
• (Robert Costanzo) "How was your trip to Mars?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What trip?"
• (Robert Costanzo) "You went to Rekall, remember?"
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "I did?"
• (Robert Costanzo) "Yeah, you did. I told you not to, but you went anyway."
• (Arnold Schwarzenegger) "What are you, my father?"

Roy Brocksmith as Dr. Edgemar

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