Inception (2010) · 81 quotes
5th most-quoted character in Inception (2010): in 16 of its 81 quotes
Most scenes with: Cobb (13), Arthur (7), Eames (5)
You remind me of someone a man I met in a half-remembered dream. A man possessed of some radical notions.
Saito Are you here to kill me? [examines the totem top] I know what this is. I have seen one before, many many years ago. It belonged to a man I met in a half-remembered dream. A man possessed of some radical notion.
What is the most resilient parasite?...A bacteria?...A virus?...An intestinal worm?
Uh....What Mr. Cobb is trying to say...
An Idea...Resilient. Highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold in the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed, fully understood, that sticks. Right in there somewhere.
Saito For someone like you to steal?
Yes. In the dream state, your conscious defenses are lowered and it makes your thoughts vulnerable to theft. It's called extraction
Mr. Saito, we can train your subconscious to defend itself from even the most skilled extractor.
Saito How can you do that?
Because I am the most skilled extractor. I know how to search your mind and find your secrets, I know the tricks and I can teach them to you so that even when you're asleep, your defense is never down. Look, if you want my help, you're gonna have to be completely open with me. I need to know my way around your thoughts better than your wife, better than your therapist, better than anyone. If this is a dream, and you have a safe full of secrets, I need to know what's in that safe. In order for this all to work, you need to completely let me in.
Saito Enjoy your evening, Gentlemen, as I consider your proposal.
It doesn't matter. I can get it.
Saito Turn around.
Put the gun down, Dom. [points her handgun at Arthur, her hostage] Please.
Saito Now the envelope, Mr. Cobb.
Did she tell you? Or have you known all along?
Saito That you are here to steal from me? Or that we are actually asleep? I want to know the name of your employer.
That depends on what you're threatening. Killing him will just wake him up. But pain – [suddenly shoots Arthur in the knee] Pain is in the mind. And judging by the decor, we're in your mind, aren't we, Arthur?
[Cobb suddenly shoots Arthur in the head, waking him]
You came prepared.
Saito Not even my head of security knows about this apartment. How did you find out?
Very difficult for a man in your position to keep a love nest like this secret, particularly when there's a married woman involved.
Saito She would never –
Yet, here we are...With a dilemma
Saito You got what you came for.
Well, that's not true. You left out a key piece of information didn't you? You held something back because you knew what we were up to...Question is, why'd you let us in at all?
Saito An Audition
An Audition for what?
Saito Doesn't matter. You failed
We extracted every bit of information you had in there.
Saito But your deception was obvious.
Saito So, leave me and go.
You don't seem to understand, Mr. Saito. The corporation that hired us, they won't accept failure. We won't last two days.
Looks like I'm going to have to do this a little more simply. [throws Saito onto the floor] Tell us what you know! Tell us what you know now!
Saito I've always hated this carpet. Stained and frayed in such distinctive ways. But very definitely made of wool. Right now... I'm lying on polyester. Which means, I'm not lying on my carpet in my apartment. You have lived up to your reputation, Mr. Cobb. I'm still dreaming.
Saito A dream within a dream. I'm impressed. But in my dream, you play by my rules.
Nash Ah, yes, but you see, Mr. Saito...
We're not in your dream.
Nash We're in mine.
[Saito's subconscious projections suddenly break into the room and attack Nash]
Our rides on the roof.
Right.
Hey are you okay
Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Why?
Well, down in the dream, Mal showing up
Look, I'm uh, sorry about your leg. Won't happen again.
It's getting worse, isn't it?
One apology's all you're getting alright Arthur?...Where's Nash?
He hasn't shown. You wanna wait?
No. We were supposed to deliver Saito's expansion plans to Cobol Engineering two hours ago. By now, they know we failed. It's time we disappear.
Buenos Aires. I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down. You?
Stateside.
Send my regards.
Saito He sold you out. Thought to come to me and bargain for his life. So I offer you the satisfaction. [a gun is offered to Cobb]
That's not the way I deal with things. [Nash is dragged from the helicopter] What will you do with him?
Saito Nothing. But I can't speak for Cobol engineering.
What do you want from us?
Saito Inception. Is it possible?
Of course not.
Saito If you can steal an idea from someone's mind, why can't you plant one there instead?
Okay, here's me planting an idea in your head: I say to you, "Don't think about elephants." What are you thinking about?
Saito Elephants.
Right. But it's not your idea because you know I gave it to you. The subject's mind can always trace the genesis of the idea. True inspiration is impossible to fake.
That's not true.
Saito Can you do it?
Are you offering me a choice? Because I can find my own way to square things with Cobol.
Saito Then you do have a choice.
Then I choose to leave, sir.
Saito Tell the crew where you want to go....[Cobb and Arthur begin to leave] Hey Mr. Cobb. How would you like to go home? To America, to your children?
You can't fix that. No one can.
Saito Just like inception?
Cobb, come on.
How complex is the idea?
Saito Simple enough.
No idea is simple when you need to plant it in somebody else's mind.
Saito My main competitor is an old man in poor health. His son will soon inherit control of the corporation. I need him to decide to break up his father's empire.
Cobb, we should walk away from this
Hold on...[regarding Saito's job] If I were to do this, if I even could do it, I'd need a guarantee. How do I know you can deliver?
Saito You don't. But I can. So, do you want to take a leap of faith? Or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone? [Cobb says nothing] Assemble your team, Mr. Cobb. And choose your people more wisely.
You are seeking a chemist?
Yes.
To formulate compounds for a job?
And to go into the field with us.
No, I rarely go into the field, Mr. Cobb.
Well, we'd need you there to tailor compounds specific to our needs.
Which are?
Great depth.
A dream within a dream? Two levels?
Not possible. That many dreams within dreams is too unstable.
It is possible. You just have to add a sedative.
A powerful sedative....How many team members?
Five.
Saito Six...The only way to know you've done the job is if I go in with you.
There's no room for tourists on a job like this, Mr. Saito.
Saito This time, it seems there is.
This, I think, is a good place to start. I use it everyday.
What for?
Here, I'll show you... [Yusuf grabs his keys, then gives it second thoughts]...Perhaps you will not want to see.
...After you.
Ten, twelve all connected. Bloody hell.
They come every day to share the dream. [An old man slaps one of the dreamers, who does not wake] You see? Very stable.
How long do they dream for?
Three, four hours, each day.
In dream time?
With this compound? About 40 hours, each and every day.
Saito Why do they do it?
Tell him, Mr. Cobb.
After a while it becomes the only way you can dream.
Do you still dream, Mr. Cobb?
They come here every day to sleep?
No. They come to be woken up. The dream has become their reality. Who are you to say otherwise, sir?
Saito Robert Fischer, heir to the Fischer Morrow energy conglomerate.
What's your problem with this Mr. Fischer?
Saito That's not your concern.
Mr. Saito, this isn't your typical corporate espionage. You asked me for Inception. I do hope you understand the gravity of that request...Now, the seed that we plant in this man's mind will grow into an idea. This idea will define him. It may come to change...Well, it may come to change everything about him.
Saito We're the last company standing between them and total energy dominance. And we can no longer compete. Soon, they'll control the energy supply of half the world. In effect, they become a new superpower...The world needs Robert Fischer to change his mind.
That's where we come in...How is Robert Fischer's relationship with his father?
Saito Rumor is the relationship is quite complicated.
Well, we can't work based solely on rumor, can we?
Can you get me access to this man here? Browning. Fischer Senior's right-hand man. Fischer Junior's godfather.
Saito It should be possible, if you can get the right references.
References are something of a specialty for me, Mr. Saito.
He hasn't got any surgery scheduled, no dental, nothing.
Wasn't he supposed to have a knee operation?
Nothing. Nothing that they'll put him under for, anyway. We need at least a good ten hours.
Saito Sydney to Los Angeles. One of the longest flights in the world. He makes it every two weeks.
He must be flying privately.
Saito Not if there were unexpected maintenance with his plane...
It would have to be a 747.
Why is that?
Cause on a 747 the pilots up top, and the first class cabin is in the nose, so no one would walk through. But you'd have to buy out the entire cabin. And the first class flight attendant.
Saito I bought the airline. [Everyone looks at him incredulously. Awkwardly;] It seemed neater.
Looks like we have our 10 hours...Ariadne? Terrific work, by the way.
Saito, I need you to take care of Fischer while I go set some charges, okay?
Saito "No room for tourists on these jobs."
Don't be silly.
Saito Have you come to kill me?... I am waiting for someone...
...Someone from a half-remembered dream.
Saito Cobb? [chuckles] Impossible. We were young men together. I'm an old man...
...Filled with regret...
Saito ...Waiting to die alone....
...I've come back for you... To remind you... Something... Something you once knew... That this world is not real...
Saito ...To convince me to honor our arrangement...
...To take a leap of faith, yes. Come back. So we can be young men together again... Come back with me...Come Back.
