The Truman Show (1998) - Quotes

Taglines: The World is a Stage!

Taglines: How's it going to end?

Taglines: The World Is Watching...

Taglines: On the air, unaware!

Truman: Who are you talking to?

Marlon: [''on the bridge with Truman, being fed scripted lines by the show's director''] And the last thing I would ever do is lie to you, Truman.

Marlon: [''looking at a sunset with Truman''] That's the big guy... Quite a paintbrush he's got.

Marlon: [''holding a beer can close to the camera''] Now that's a beer.

Marlon: That's a whole lot of world for one man.

Marlon: [''Speaking as an actor on the show.''] It's all true. It’s all real. Nothing here is fake. Nothing you see on this show is fake. It’s merely controlled.

Christof: [Christof looks in a monitor & sees Truman sailing on the sea] Where you going, Truman?

Christof: I am the creator... of a television show

Christof: I've given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in is the sick place. Seahaven is the way the world should be.

Christof: That's our hero shot.

Christof: Cue the sun!

Christof: [''Truman''] If his was more than just a vague ambition, if he was absolutely determined to discover the truth, there's no way we could prevent him.

Christof: We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented, it's as simple as that.

Truman Burbank: [After credits at end of movie] ,"I knew this show was fake from the start, it was my incredible acting that fooled everyone

Truman Burbank: [''watching himself in the mirror in the bathroom''] I here by proclaim this planet as Trumania of the Burbank Galaxy!

Truman Burbank: You never had a camera in my head!

Truman Burbank: [''after startling two control room directors by seemingly talking to them, then easing their concerns by seeming to revert back to his eccentricity, whilst they look at their notes temporarily''] That one's for free.

Truman Burbank: [''to Meryl who is threatening him with a kitchen utensil''] What are you gonna do? Slice me, dice me or peel me? There are so many choices.

Truman Burbank: [''Sailing away in the artificially roughened winds and seas''; ''sings''] Is that the best you can do? You're gonna have to kill me! What do ya do with a drunken sailor? What do ya do with a drunken sailor? What do ya do with a drunken sailor ear-lye in the mor-nin'!

Truman Burbank: Somebody help me, I'm being spontaneous!

Truman Burbank: [[bird; [moss; [stone; [worm] The early ] gathers no ]! The rolling ] catches the ]!

Truman Burbank: You can't get any further away, before you start coming back.

Truman Burbank: Good morning, and in case I don't see ya: Good afternoon, good evening, and good night!