A character in Flatliners (1990)

Randy Steckle quotes from Flatliners (1990)

Oliver Platt

4th most-quoted character in Flatliners (1990): in 4 of its 25 quotes

A line from Randy Steckle [dictating a diary entry into his tape recorder]

Halloween morning. Rotting pumpkins. Burning leaves. Black cats mating like rats in the alley. It was as if . . . it were as if we felt no fear, as if we were already dead and had nothing to lose by dying. Or perhaps it was because we had lived life so well, and loved life so much, that we fancied ourselves immortal, overwhelming the powers that be with the force of our passion for science. [long pause] Or maybe we were just **** in the head.

More lines from Randy Steckle

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Randy Steckle
[talking about the experiment]

I did not come to medical school to murder my class mates no matter how deranged they might be.

Randy Steckle

Good thing I didn't flatline. My 350-pound babysitter would be chasing me for the half-eaten pastrami sandwich I stole from her.

Scenes with Randy Steckle

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Randy Steckle
[while David Labraccio is flatlining]

What is it that hangs in the air, palpably? Is it hope? Is it fear? Is it the musky mist of death?

Shut up, Steckle.

Randy Steckle

No, you shut up.

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