Memorable Quotes from Karen Allen
13 quotesUnidentified Visitor Sparks Confusion and Fear
Radio announcer
According to the AP wire, one of the biggest meteorites in the last 80 years hit last night near Ashland, not far from Chequamegon Bay. So you folks who say you saw a flying saucer over…
[Jenny shuts the car radio off]
Jenny Hayden
That's about you isn't it? You really are some kind of … martian or something, aren't you? What do you want here? What are you doing? What do you want with me? Where are you taking me? Why do you look so much like Scott?
Starman
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[starts singing as Scott had done in a film; [w:(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|I can't get no … satisfaction.]
Jenny Hayden
That does it. Help!
[swerves into the lane of an oncoming van, forcing it off the road, spins her car to a stop, and begins to get out]
Brad Heinmuller
You crazy sons of bitches! Whats the matter with you?
Jenny Hayden
Help. Help me please. I'm being kidnapped!
[her arm tightly held by Starman]
Starman
I send greetings.
Brad Heinmuller
What the hell's going on here?
Jenny Hayden
I'm being kidnapped!
Starman
Greetings.
Brad Heinmuller
You better let her go pal, I'll give you some greetings.
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Reflection on Connection with Nature
Jenny Hayden
* To a raccoon in a home movie the Starman watches.
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Fear and Desperation in Uncertainty
Jenny Hayden
You want to know what kidnapped is? Its being dragged out of your house in the middle of the night, by some … whatever you are — being forced to drive all night with a gun pointed at your side and not knowing where you're going or what's going to happen to you when you get there. So if you're going to shoot me, go ahead — because I'd rather be shot than go on being scared to death.
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Reassurance Amidst Fear
Jenny Hayden
Don't be afraid. I mean you no harm.
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Endless Challenges and Unforeseen Circumstances
Marion Ravenwood
We never seem to get a break, do we?
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Expressing Frustration with Indy’s Injuries
Marion Ravenwood
God damn it, Indy, where doesn't it hurt?
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Decision Making Amidst Dangerous Weather Conditions
Melissa Brown
This weather fax just came in. Edie, have a look at this.
Edie Bailey
We have got to head in now! Put in at Watch Hill!
Alexander McAnally III
In this stuff, harbor's too dangerous.
Melissa Brown
Dangerous?
Alexander McAnally III
Dash into shore, cut across shipping lanes...
Edie Bailey
This is a hurricane coming straight at us!
Melissa Brown
Let me reduce sails, Sandy, or even go back home.
Alexander McAnally III
This is my boat. We're gonna ride this thing out, not for fun, for safety. Do what I've always done: go with the flow.
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A Unique Connection Between Two Worlds
Starman
I must go back. But there is something I must tell you. I gave you a baby tonight.
Jenny Hayden
No. That is impossible, I can't have a child. I've been to a doctor. A couple of them.
Starman
Believe what I tell you. A boy baby. He will be human — a baby of your husband, but also he will be my baby. He will know everything I know and when he grows to manhood he will be a ].
[[teacher]
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Weekend Plans Lead to Misunderstandings
Boon
Where are you going? We just got here.
Katy
No, Boon, you just got here. I've been downstairs for an hour entertaining a boy from Pig's Knuckle, Arkansas.
Boon
Umm - maybe we could drive up to your folks place this weekend.
Katy
Oh, fabulous. My car filled with your beer buddies going up to empty my parents liquor cabinet. It's too depressing to think about.
Boon
No! Just gonna be you and me. And Otter and another girl.
Katy
Is this really what you're gonna do for the rest of your life?
Boon
What do you mean?
Katy
I mean hanging around with a bunch of animals getting drunk every weekend.
Boon
No! After I graduate, I'm gonna get drunk every night.
Katy
Boon, I think I'm in love with a retard.
Boon
Is he bigger than me?
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Identity and Familiarity in Starman
Starman
I look like Scott.
Jenny Hayden
Yeah, you do.
Starman
I… Look like Scott … so you do not be... a little bit jumpy.
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Understanding Rules in a Critical Situation
Starman
Okay?
[after speeding in front of a large truck]
Jenny Hayden
Okay? Are you crazy? You almost got us killed! You said you watched me, you said you knew the rules!
Starman
I do know the rules.
Jenny Hayden
Oh, for your information pal, that was a yellow light back there!
Starman
I watched you very carefully. Red light, stop; green light, go; yellow light, go very fast.
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Assertion of American Identity and Rights
Marion Ravenwood
You can't do this to me! I'm an American!
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Understanding Love and Loss
Starman
Define "].
[[Love]
Jenny Hayden
Love is, um … it's when you care … more for someone else than you do for yourself. But it's not just that it's — it's when someone isn't … a part of you, and when they —
Starman
What?
Jenny Hayden
Scott is dead. He was killed in an accident. When someone you love dies — oh, shit, shit.
Starman
Define "shit.
Jenny Hayden
Don't say that. It's not a nice word.
Starman
Shit.
Jenny Hayden
Don't mind him, he's just learning to speak English.
Roadhouse Waitress
Well, he's got a hell of a start on it!
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