Mike Enslin [After turning on the lights upon entering Room 1408]
This is it?
Played by John Cusack 
1408 (2007) · 34 quotes
1408 (2007) · 34 quotes
Most-quoted character in 1408 (2007): in 23 of its 34 quotes
Most scenes with: Mr. Olin (4)
On the shiver scale, I give the Dolphin Hotel... Ten skulls.
More lines from Mike Enslin
12 quotes Mike Enslin Mike Enslin Hotel rooms are a naturally creepy place.
Mike Enslin It does have the vague air of menace.
Mike Enslin It's not that what I'm seeing is not real. It just ain't as real as it seems.
Mike Enslin [Speaking into his recorder as he goes out on the ledge, trying to escape the room]
If something should happen, if I should slip and fall, I want it known it was an accident. The room did not win.
Mike Enslin [Speaking nonchalantly to the ghoulish apparation in the vents as the room burns]
Ah, shut up you ugly bastard....
Mike Enslin Let's Encyclopedia Brown this bitch.
Mike Enslin I've lived the life of a selfish man. But I don't have to die that way.
Mike Enslin This may not all be real. I may not even be real. But this fire... That's gotta be real.
Mike Enslin [speaking nonchalantly to the ghoulish apparition in the vents as the room burns]
Keep quiet, you bastard.
Mike Enslin We're here to do the job. And we don't rattle.
Mike Enslin [before throwing the ashtray through the window, thereby letting the room explode]
The decor is in tatters... And the staff surly... But on the Shiver Scale, I award the Dolphin... ten skulls!
Scenes with Mike Enslin
10 scenes
Fan
So you're saying there's no such things as ghosts.
Mike I'm saying I've never seen one. Nothing would make me happier than to experience a paranormal event.
That room is not available.
Mike ...I didn't tell you which date.
During your investigation did you discover the twenty-two natural deaths that have occurred in 1408?
Mike Enslin Natural deaths?
All told, there have been fifty-six deaths in 1408.
Mike Enslin Fifty-six? You're shitting me.
A few years ago a young maid from El Salvador found herself locked in the bathroom. She was only there for a few moments, but when we pulled her out she was...
Mike Enslin [sarcastically]
She was dead?
No. Blind. She had taken a pair of scissors and gouged her eyes out. She was laughing hysterically.
I was just checking to see if the accommodations were exceeding your expectations.
Mike Enslin You know goddamn well they are!
Mike You're not going anywhere. You're staying here with us.
Katie Daddy, everyone dies.
Mike Enslin Why don't you just kill me?
Room 1408
Because all guests of this hotel enjoy free will, Mr. Enslin. You can choose to relive this hour over and over, or you can take advantage of our express checkout system. [camera pans out to reveal a noose hanging from the ceiling]
Room 1408
Are you ready to check out, Mr. Enslin?
Mike Enslin No. Not your way.
C'mon, hon. Just brings back bad memories, let me get rid of it.
Mike Enslin Sometimes, you can't get rid of bad memories. You just gotta live with 'em.
