A character in Galaxy Quest (1999)

Fred Kwan quotes from Galaxy Quest (1999)

Tony Shalhoub

6th most-quoted character in Galaxy Quest (1999): in 5 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Alexander Dane (3), Gwen DeMarco (2), Guy Fleegman (2)

Scenes with Fred Kwan

5 scenes

How did I come to this?

Not again.

I played Richard III at the Royal National Theatre before Her Majesty the Queen.

Fred Kwan

Five curtain calls.

There were five curtain calls. I was an actor once, damn it. Now look at me. Look at me! I can't go out there, and I won't say that stupid line one more time. I can't. I won't.

Well, Alex, at least you had a part. Okay? You played a character people loved. I mean, my TV Guide interview was six paragraphs about my boobs and how they fit into my suit! No one even bothered to ask what I do on the show.

Fred Kwan

You had the - wait. Wait, I'll think of it.

I repeated the computer, Fred.

[The shuttle has landed and Fred is opening the hatch]

Hey! Don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there air?! You don't know!

Fred Kwan
[calmly sniffs the air and takes a few quick breaths]

Seems okay.

[The actors were watching the miners]

Could they be the miners?

Fred Kwan

Sure, they're like, three years old.

[The actors face Fred Kwan]

Miners. Not minors.

Fred Kwan

You lost me.

Fred Kwan

We gotta turn off that valve. Their oxygen's almost gone.

Listen. I'll go in. I'll create a distraction. I got this, [brandishes an oversize alien gun] I'm okay. I might be able to hold them back long enough for the aliens to escape.

Fred Kwan
[concerned]

That's suicide.

I'm just a glorified extra, Fred, I'm a dead man anyway. If I gotta die, I'd rather go out a hero than a coward.

Fred Kwan

Guy. Guy, maybe you're the plucky comic relief, you ever think about that?

Plucky?

Fred Kwan

Besides, [goofy laugh] I just had this really interesting idea. Yeah, let's go.

Are you stoned?

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