Rob
Still filming?
Yeah, people are gonna want to know... how it all went down.
Played by Michael Stahl-David 
Cloverfield (2008) · 27 quotes
Cloverfield (2008) · 27 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Cloverfield (2008): in 13 of its 27 quotes
Most scenes with: Hud (7), Beth (3), Lily (2)
My name is Robert Hawkins. It is 6:42 AM, on Saturday May 23rd. Approximately seven hours ago, uh, some thing attacked the city. I don't know what it is. Um, if you found this tape, I mean if you're watching this, then you probably know more about it than I do. Uh, whatever this thing is, it killed my brother, uh, Jason Hawkins, it killed my best friend Hudson Platt and Marlena Diamond, and many many others. Um, we've taken shelter under this bridge. The military has begun bombing the creature, and we're caught in the middle.
Scenes with Robert Hawkins
12 scenesOkay, just to be clear here, our options are: die here, die in the tunnels, or die in the streets. That pretty much it?
Rob
Yeah... that's pretty much it.
[The group is passing through a pitch-black subway tunnel on foot]
Do you guys remember a couple of years ago when that guy was lighting homeless people on fire in the subways?
Rob
Jesus, Hud! Maybe not the best time for this conversation down here!
Right.
[awkward silence]
I just can't stop thinking how scary it'd be if a flaming homeless guy came running...
All
HUD!
I'm just saying. Sorry.
[After finding that Beth's apartment building is leaning against another building, the group discusses how to reach her]
Please tell me she lives on the ground floor.
Rob
39th.
Shit.
How are we going to get up there?
Rob
I don't know; we'll just go inside and see how high up we can get.
I don't know if I can do that.
Well, maybe we can try going up the other building and see if there is a place to cross over on the roof, and then we can find some way down to her place.
[Rob considers, then begins running towards the building. Lilly follows]
Wait! No, never mind! No, that's a bad idea! Hey! That's a bad idea, I take that back!
[running up a staircase]
How could they not know anything about it? Unless... maybe they're like, in on it, you know? Like maybe the government created it or something.
Rob
Do we have to talk about this now Hud?
Well, I need to talk about something, because if I don't I'm going to actually shit my pants in this stairwell.
Party Guest
How're you going to survive without Rob, he's like your "main dude".
I don't know. [turns to Rob] Hey, how am I going to survive without you?
Rob
I don't know, I'm like your "main dude".
Straight up!
Rob
Listen, we need your help. Our friend, she's hurt, she's trapped in her building right by here. Colonmbus Circle?
Marine
That is not where you want to be right now.
Do you guys know what it is, out there? Do you know what that thing is?
Marine
There ain't nobody telling me. Whatever it is, it's winning.
Rob
I keep thinking that the last thing I said to her was, "Good luck tonight, Travis."
I know. I keep thinking about the last thing I said to Jason.
Rob
That was different.
Why?
Rob
Because... Jason knew that you loved him.
Rob?
Rob
Yeah?
You came back for me.
Rob
Of course I came back for you. I'm sorry it took me so long.
It's okay.
Ocean is big, dude. All I'm saying is a couple of years ago, they found a fish in Madagascar that they thought been extinct for centuries
Rob
So what? Its been down here all this time and nobody noticed?
Sure. Maybe it erupted from an ocean trench, you know? Or a crevasse. Crevice. It's just a theory. I mean, for all we know, it's from another planet and it flew here.
Marlena Like Superman?
Yeah, exactly like... Wait. You know who Superman is?
Marlena Oh, my God. You know who Superman is?
Okay, I'm not...
Marlena [sarastically]
I'm, like, feeling something. Are you aware of Garfield?
Rob
Look at me! Look at me! Look at me. I love you!
I love you!
Rob
We got like three seconds left. What do you want to say? What do you want to say? Last thing to the cam.
