"Memory, it's a funny thing. People want to believe they are what they choose to remember the good stuff, the moments, the places - the people we all hold on to. But sometimes .. sometimes, we are what we wish we could forget." | "Did ya miss me Richie? Cause I missed you. No one wants to play with the clown anymore. Play a game with me, wouldja? How about Street Fighter? Oh yes, you like that one, don't you? Or maybe, truth or dare! Oh you wouldn't anyone to pick truth though, wouldja Richie? You wouldn't want anyone to know what you're hiding. I know your secret! Your dirty little secret. Oh I know your secret, your *dirty* little secret! Should I tell them Richie?"
"Where you going, Eds? If you lived here you'd be home by now! Come join the clown, Eds. You'll float down here. We all float down here. Yes, we do!" | "This isn't real enough for you, Billy? I'm not real enough for you? It was real enough for Georgie!" | "You punched me, made me walk through shitty water, dragged me through a crackhouse... and now I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown."
"Filthy little children." | "Wow, you two look amazing. What the fuck happened to me?" | "Close your eyes if you don't believe. close them and see." | "I was always daddy's little girl. What about you? Are you still his little girl Beverly? ARE YOU?"
"For 27 years, I dreamt of you. I craved you... I've missed you!" | "Something happens to you when you leave this town. The farther away, the hazier it all gets. But me, I never left. I remember all of it." | "I think I just shit my pants." | "I'm a Loser. And I'll always be a fucking Loser."
"Sometimes I wonder, if all the time that was given to me was, like, like, 16 milliseconds, and I had no past memory - I had nothing carved into my mind before those 16 milliseconds. And the only thing that was left imprinted in my brain were the images and the smells and feelings of those 16 milliseconds. How do you think I would process that?" | "I don't know. Hmm. I think your life would feel exactly as long as someone who lived for 100 years."
"First of all, sex and violence are always something that attracts an audience, and vampire stories usually have a lot of both. And, vampires symbolize consistency and something that's permanent, in a world where everything is constantly changing -- humans, animals, nature, and even mountains will change over time. To have something that will just stand the test of time is attractive."
"Hey Charlie, there is something in the Bible I do believe." | "Whats that, sir." | "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife." | "I believe in that, too. But what happens when thy neighbor's wife covets you?"
Alexander Skarsgard as Charlie in Straw Dogs (2011)