"They Live is definitely one of the forgotten masterpieces . ... The sunglasses function like a critique of ideology. They allow you to see the real message beneath all the propaganda, glitz, posters and so on."

"Roddy Piper - John Nada"

"Keith David - Frank Armitage"

"Meg Foster - Holly Thompson"

"George Buck Flower - The Drifter"

"Peter Jason - Gilbert"

"Raymond St. Jacques - Street Preacher"

"Jason Robards III - Family Man"

"John Lawrence - Bearded Man"

"Sy Richardson - Black Revolutionary"

"Wendy Brainard - Family Man's Daughter"

"Lucille Meredith - Female Interviewer"

"Susan Blanchard - Ingenue"

"Norman Alden - Foreman"

"Dana Bratton - Black Junkie"

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubble gum."

"Frank Welker - voice of The Wild Man, and The Eye"

"Which Lo Pan? Little ol’ basketcase on wheels, or the ten-foot-tall roadblock?!"

"I'm not saying I've been everywhere, and I've done everything. But I do know this is a pretty amazing planet we live on here. And a man would have to be some kind of fool to think we're all alone in this universe."

"Just listen to the ol' "Porkchop Express" and take his advice on a dark and stormy night, alright? When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye, and asks you if you paid your dues; you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have you paid your dues, Jack?" "Yes, sir, the check is in the mail.""

"Carter Wong - Thunder"

"Donald Li - Eddie Lee"

"Kate Burton - Margo"

"Victor Wong - Egg Shen"

"James Hong - David Lo Pan"

"Suzee Pai - Miao Yin"

"Dennis Dun - Wang Chi"

"Kim Cattrall - Gracie Law"

"Kurt Russell - Jack Burton"

"[from trailer] Jack Burton's coming to rescue your summer!"

"[from trailer] They told him to go to Hell - and that's just where he's going!"

"A Mystical, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kung Fu, Monster, Ghost Story!"

"Jack Burton's in for some serious trouble, and you're in for some serious fun."

"Try to find big reason before you visit world of magic..."

"Adventure doesn't come any bigger!"

"Some people pick the darnedest places to start a fight!"

"Oh, Miao Yin. I need you Miao Yin — you whose eyes flash like emerald lightning. Ching Dai! Make me flesh again soon."

"Who are these people? Friends of yours, huh?! Now this really pisses me off to no end!"

"There are always others, are there not? You seem to be one who knows the difficulties between men and women, how seldom it works out. And yet we all keep trying, like fools!"

"This place is my tomb. I'm buried here. A young man, a king, a warrior, is entombed in this old man's crippled body. And all I need is a woman, Mr. Burton — a special kind of woman with dragon-green eyes — to make me whole and young again, so that I may rule the universe from beyond this grave!"

"Mr. Burton, if you have an influence over your youthful friend, you'd better exert it now! Otherwise, I will have both of you rowed off to the hell where people are skinned alive! It's that simple, understand?!"

"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earthquakes and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right in the eye and says "Give me your best shot. I can take it.""

"Ol' Jack always says...what the hell?"

"Everybody relax, I'm here."

"Sit tight, hold the fort, keep the home fires burning. And if we're not back by dawn...call the president."

"Like I told my last wife, I says, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see." Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."

"Look, I'm going to tell you about an accident and I don't wanna hear "act of God," okay?"

"What does that mean? huh? ‘China is here?’ I don’t even know what the hell that means! All I know is this Lo Pan character comes out of thin air in the middle of a goddamned alley, while his buddies are flying around on wires, cutting everybody to shreds...and he just stands there, waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him?! With LIGHT coming out of his mouth?!"

"Would you stop rubbing your body up against mine? Because I can’t concentrate when you do that..."