Total Recall (1990) - Quotes

Taglines: He'll show you a side of Mars that no one on Earth has ever seen before... He should be so lucky.

Taglines: In this world, they can steal your mind, erase your memory, and give you another identity. But the most dangerous thing that can happen to you is... TOTAL RECALL.

Taglines: What if you discovered somebody stole your mind... and there was only one way to get it back?

Taglines: Your mind is the center of your life. It is everything you hear, everything you see, everything you feel... It is everything you ARE. You wouldn't know if you lost your mind... Would you know if someone STOLE it?

Taglines: They stole his mind. Now he wants it back. Get ready for the ride of your life.

Melina: [sees Quaid distraught] I can't believe it, it's like a dream. What's wrong?

Douglas Quaid: I just had a terrible thought... what if this is a dream?

Melina: Well, then, kiss me quick before you wake up!

Cohaagen: [turns on lights at Quaid] Don't touch that! Get away! Get back!

Douglas Quaid: What are you afraid of? Turn it on.

Cohaagen: 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.

Quaid: And you expect me to believe you?

Cohaagen: [shows detonator; Shoots several inches near Quaid] Who gives a shit what you believe?! In 30 seconds you'll be dead, and I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes! I didn't want it to end this way, I wanted Hauser back, but no, you had to be Quaid!

Quaid: I am Quaid.

Cohaagen: [aims firearm] You're nothing! You're nobody! You're a stupid dream! Well, all dreams come to an end.

Kuato: Quaid, Quaid...

Benny: Forget it, man, his fortune-telling days are over.

Kuato: [Richter finishes off Kuato with a headshot] Start the reactor...free Mars-

Richter: [pause; calmly, to Quaid] Mr Cohaagen would like to talk to you.

Lori: Doug, honey... you wouldn't hurt me, would you, sweetheart? Sweetheart, be reasonable. After all, we're married!

Douglas Quaid: [Lori goes for her gun, Quaid shoots her in the head, killing her] Consider that a divorce!

Melina: [Quaid nods; Melina gets up] That was your wife? What a bitch!

Quaid: [points gun at Edgemar] All right, let's say you're telling the truth and this is all a dream, then I could pull this trigger and it won't matter.

Lori: Doug, don't do it.

Dr. Edgemar: It won't make the slightest difference to me Doug. 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 in permanent psychosis.

Lori: Doug, let Dr Edgemar help you.

Dr. Edgemar: [tries to let it sink in Quaid; Quaid lowers his gun] The walls of reality will come crashing down. One minute, you'll be the savior of the rebel cause; next thing you know, you'll be Cohaagen's bosom buddy. You 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! Take the pill and put it in your mouth.

Dr. Edgemar: Swallow it.

Lori: Now you've done it, now you've done it!

Richter: [upbeat; notices him stoically looking outside] Mr Cohaagen. You wanted to see me, sir?

Cohaagen: [turns around to look at him] Richter, do you know why I'm such a happy person?

Richter: No, sir.

Cohaagen: [rises from his desk and approaches Richter; points finger in Richter's face] Because I've got the greatest job in the solar system. As long as the terbinium keeps flowing, I can do anything I want. Anything! In fact, the only thing I worry about is that, one day, if the rebels win, it all might end. And you're FUCKING MAKING IT HAPPEN! First, you tried to kill Quaid and then you let him get away.

Richter: He had help from our side, sir.

Cohaagen: I know that.

Richter: But, I thought -

Cohaagen: 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!

Customs Agent: How long do you plan to spend on Mars, M'aam?

Fat Lady: Two weeks.

Customs Agent: [stamps passport] Have you brought any fruits or vegetables onto the planet?

Fat Lady: Two weeks.

Customs Agent: Excuse me?

Fat Lady: [starts having a seizure, attracting the attention of everyone. Richter, who is on Mars, pays attention to this odd sight] Two weeks..two weeks...

Richter: [low voice; normal] Quaid. That's Quaid!

Captain Everett: What?

Richter: The woman. Get him... her!

Everett: [points to woman] Arrest that woman!

Douglas Quaid: [smiles at one guard and tosses head; guard does catch the head] Catch!

Fat Lady: [Head explodes as Quaid runs past the guard] Get ready for a surprise!

Carl Hauser: [on video; the screen zooms out to reveal Cohaagen, who puts his hand on Hauser's shoulder; they laugh and walk off-camera] Howdy, Quaid. If you're watching this, that means that Kuato is dead, and you led us to him. I knew that you wouldn't let me down. Sorry for all of the shit I've put you through, but hey, what are friends for? All I want to do is wish you happiness and good living, old buddy, but unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. You see, that's "my" body you have there, and I want it back. Sorry for being an Indian giver, but I was here first. So, adios, amigo! And thanks for not getting yourself killed. Hey, maybe now we will meet in our dreams. You never know.

Douglas Quaid: [chances upon another pair of guards after fooling Richter and company with the hologram-bracelet; guards look behind them; Quaid shoots the guards] Ha ha ha, you think this is the real Quaid? It is!