Repo Man (1984) - Quotes

Taglines: Meet Otto. He's a clean-cut kid in a dirty business. He's a Repo Man. He steals cars legally. Now, he's out to repossess a 64 Chevy Malibu...with an amazing reward of $20,000. But Otto is not alone. There are others who want the car and will do anything to get it. The risks are great, because hidden in the trunk is something so incredible it could destroy them all. We'll give you a hint... it glows in the dark.

Taglines: ...It's 4 A.M., do you know where your car is?

Leila: What about our relationship?

Otto: [''after a pause''] What?

Leila: Our relationship!

Otto: [''gets up and walks towards the car''] Fuck that!

Leila: [''angrily''] You SHITHEAD! I'm glad I tortured you!

Leila: What if he's innocent?

Agent Rogersz: No one is innocent. Proceed.

Duke: The lights are growing dim. I know a life of crime led me to this sorry fate... And yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.

Otto Maddox: Bullshit! You're a white suburban punk, just like me!

Duke: But it still hurts!

Otto Maddox: [Duke groans pitifully] You're gonna be all right. Maybe not.

Bud: [Otto does not answer] Credit is a sacred trust. It's what our free society was founded on! Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, "Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?

Otto Maddox: They don't pay bills in Russia. It's all free.

Bud: Free, my ass. What are you, a fuckin Commie?

Otto Maddox: No, I ain't no Commie!

Bud: I don't want no Commies in my car!... No Christians, either!

Archie: Aw, Dukie Wookie hurt his wittle hand.

Duke: Fuck you, Archie! Just for that, you're not in the gang any more.

Archie: I'm taking over now.

Debbie: Oh, leave it!

Archie: King Archie! The Invincible!

Duke: Shut up, Archie!

Archie: Hey Debbie! Watch this!

Debbie: Duke, let's go do those crimes!

Duke: Yeah. Let's get sushi... and not pay!

Mrs. Maddox: Put it on a plate, son. You'll enjoy it more.

Otto Maddox: [''While watching the Circle Jerks grind out a slow, swinging version of the normally raucous "When the Shit Hits the Fan"''] I can't believe I used to like these guys!

J. Frank Parnell: Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year! They oughta have em, too.

J. Frank Parnell: Beautiful evening. You can almost see the stars!

Miller: The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.

Miller: [In; Otto: The past?] There ain't no difference between a flying saucer and a time machine. People get so hung up on specifics they miss out on seeing the whole thing. Take South America for example. South America, thousands of people go missing every year. Nobody knows where they go, they just, like, disappear. But if you think about it for a minute, you realize something. There had to be a time when there was no people, right? Well where did all these people come from, huh? I'll tell you where. The future. And where did all these people disappear to? That's right! And how did they get there? Flying saucers. Which are really..? Yeah, you got it, time machines. I think a lot about this kind of stuff.

Miller: A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Give you an example, show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, "plate," or "shrimp," or "plate of shrimp" out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.