Alex Gardner [talking about his current lifestyle]
Sounds like you disapprove.
You're damn right I disapprove! You've got tremendous gifts, and you've chosen to piss them all away.
Played by Dennis Quaid 
Dreamscape (1984) · 12 quotes
Dreamscape (1984) · 12 quotes
Most-quoted character in Dreamscape (1984): in 8 of its 12 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Paul Novotny (3)
Nice place you got here. Who's your decorator? Darth Vader?
Scenes with Alex Gardner
7 scenes Alex Gardner 
Jane DeVries Well, one of our areas of research is sexual dysfunction. If a man is experiencing impotency, we can determine whether the cause is physical or psychological by monitoring his sleep.
Alex Gardner Mm-hmm. How's that?
Jane DeVries Well, if it isn't physical, he'll experience three or four erections during the course of the night.
Alex Gardner Mm, I see. So, Jane, what you do here, in effect, is count boners.
How did you sleep? Have any dreams?
Alex Gardner You mind if take a leak before I give my deposition?
Bill Hardy has been a good test subject for us before.
Alex Gardner Oh, he's a steel worker. I'll probably wind up in some bad beer commercial.
Alex Gardner A woman died, Tommy!
Everybody dies.
Alex Gardner You had Tommy Ray kill that woman in the dream link, didn't you?
Bob Blair Yes.
Alex Gardner Why?
Bob Blair I wanted to see if it could be done.
Alex Gardner You're a real humanitarian, Blair.
Bob Blair I'm a realist. We live in a dangerous, hostile world. I will do whatever I have to to keep this country safe.
Alex Gardner Yeah, that's what scares me.
Bob Blair You're a very intelligent young man, Alex. You've mastered an amazing technique. Surely you can see the possibilities. During his dream link with Matusik, Tommy Ray stabbed her with a knife. A dream knife. The shock to Matusik's system caused a coronary and she died. So, the old wives tale comes true after all. When you dream that you die, you die in life at the very same instant. Now we can go into an enemy's dream, kill him, make it look as if he died in his sleep. Do you realize what that means?
Alex Gardner It means no one's safe from you.
Bob Blair The question is whether you're gonna cooperate. I never had any doubts about Tommy Ray.
Alex Gardner Well, why should you? He killed his own father. He's a **** psychopath.
Bob Blair Alex, it's very simple. Either you work for me or you die.
Bob Blair [opens the elevator door to find Alex there]
How did you get in here?
Alex Gardner It was easy!
[Rips his own head in two to reveal a monster inside that bites Blair's head off]
