""How can you teach such drivel? These people are here to learn and you're closing their minds before they even have a chance!" [Herbert west to Dr. Hill after pencil snapping lesson]"

"I am not through here! I told you I have a theory: overdose!! [wields two full reagent hypodermics]"

"You'll never get credit for my discovery. Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow."

"I must say, Dr. Hill, I'm very disappointed in you. You steal the secret of life and death and here you are, trysting with a bubble-headed co-ed. You're not even a second-rate scientist."

"[regarding the dead cat he is reanimating] Don't expect it to tango; it has a broken back."

"Do you agree he's dead now? [picks up the dead cat and drops it with a clunk] Do you agree that he's dead now?"

"[to Dan, trying to convince him to assist in his research] We can achieve every doctor's dream! You'll be famous, and live lifetimes."

"Ray Baker - Bob McClane"

"Jullia Alonzo- Babu"

"Pricilla Allen - The Fat Lady"

"Robert Costanzo - Harry"

"Marc Alaimo - Everett"

"Mark Carlton - Bartender"

"Dean Norris - Tony"

"Alexia Robinson - Tiffany"

"David Knell - Ernie"

"Rosemary Dunsmore - Dr. Lull"

"Roy Brocksmith - Dr. Edgemar"

"Michael Champion - Helm"

"Mel Johnson Jr. - Benny"

"Marshall Bell - George/Kuato"

"Michael Ironside - Richter"

"Ronny Cox - Vilos Cohaagen"

"Rachel Ticotin - Melina"

"Sharon Stone - Lori Quaid"

"Arnold Schwarzenegger - Douglas Quaid/Carl Hauser"

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

"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."

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

"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?"

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

"I felt the movie, in some way, should not take itself too seriously. In fact, ultimately, the casting of Arnold—he was already cast before I was there. So I had to take Arnold. I liked the script already, but Arnold was playing the main part. So, take it or leave it. I said I wanted to do it with Harrison Ford, like in "Blade Runner." But I might have made a mistake because "Blade Runner" is also very serious. And because Arnold was there, that changed everything. Arnold being there made it really necessary to flip it a little bit. And I think, in retrospect, it was a gift. Arnold was supposed to be an accountant in the original story and it was still in the script. And I'm like, "Arnold an accountant? That's ridiculous." So I proposed, "Let's have him do something physical." What are those things he's using?"

"[on video] 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! [the screen zooms out to reveal Cohaagen, who puts his hand on Hauser's shoulder] And thanks for not getting yourself killed. Hey, maybe now we will meet in our dreams. You never know. [they laugh and walk off-camera]"

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

"Your people were getting too intelligent. We could not wait until you were strong enough to attack us; we had to attack you first."

"George Barrows - Ro-Man the Monster/Great Guidance"

"Pamela Paulson - Carla"

"I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!"

"Gregory Moffett - Johnny"

"John Mylong - The Professor"

"Selena Royle - Mother"

"Claudia Barrett - Alice"

"George Nader - Roy"