The Truman Show Quotes

You never had a camera in my head![Christof: I know you better than you know yourself.]

We’ve become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We’re tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there’s nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn’t always Shakespeare, but it’s genuine. It’s a life.

Really? Yeah. Well, I can understand that. I’m a pretty dangerous character.[Sylvia: You know, Truman, I’m not allowed to talk to you.]

I like your pin. I was wondering that myself.[after seeing Sylvia’s pin with the inscription, “How’s it going to end?”]

You were real. That’s what made you so good to watch.[Truman Burbank: Was nothing real?]

We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.

There’s no more truth out there than there is in the world I created for you. The same lies, the same deceit. But in my world you have nothing to fear.[to Truman]

Then don’t talk.[Sylvia: They don’t want me talking to you.]

Somebody, help me! I’m being spontaneous!

Maybe I’m losing my mind, but it feels like the whole world revolves around me somehow.[to Marlon]

In case I don’t see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.[repeated line]

I think I’d like a little company.[Meryl Burbank: You want to destroy yourself, you do it on your own.]