Dae-su Oh Quotes

Mi-do: Dae Su. In front of me is some kind of box. He's telling me to open it. It's the same violet box...
Dae-su Oh: No! No Mi-do don't. Don't open it no matter what. Or something terrible will happen.

All I could think about in that moment was the guy in the next room was eating with only one chopstick.

Each one I yank out will make you age for one year. Ready to talk?

If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?

I'VE BEEN BUGGED. PLEASE FIND IT.

As I expected, I can't get along with anyone today either.

I thought I'd lived a simple life. But I've sinned too much

I love you... Oh-Daesu

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.

Mi-do: What should I pray for?
Dae-su Oh: Dear Lord, next time let me meet a younger man.

Very lonely people that I met... they all hallucinated ants at one time.

Mi-do: \\ You stayed in a place like this for fifteen years?
Dae-su Oh: Yeah, but after the first eleven it felt like home.

Even though I'm no more than a monster - don't I, too, have the right to live?

Please. Don't tell Mido. What has she done wrong? You know it was all my fault... I have committed an unforgivable sin, against your sister. And I also... Did you wrong. But, please leave Mido alone... If by any chance Mido finds out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'll tear you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit.

When the melody turns on, gas comes out. When the gas comes out, I fall asleep. I found out later it's the same Valium gas the Russians used on those Chechen terrorists.

How's life in a bigger prison, Dae-su?

If you stand aimlessly at a phone booth on a rainy day, and meet a man whose face is covered by a violet umbrella, I'd suggest that you get close to the TV.

Erasing my memory and telling me to find the truth was cowardly. I won. So die like you promised.

"Dick-shit"... a new word. Television doesn't teach you swear words.

You need not worry about the future, Imagine nothing.

Anyone here with an AB blood type, raise your hand.

Dae-su Oh: The TV is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend...
Dae-su Oh: ... and your lover. But... my lover's song is too short.

If by any chance Mido should find out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'm going to rip you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit.

Dae-su Oh: Why'd you lock me up, you
Dae-su Oh: ... dick-shit?