Teddy Gammell So you lie to yourself to be happy. There's nothing wrong with that. We all do it.
Played by Joe Pantoliano 
Memento (2000) · 23 quotes
Memento (2000) · 23 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Memento (2000): in 6 of its 23 quotes
A line from Teddy GammellYou don't want the truth. You make up your own truth.
More lines from Teddy Gammell
4 quotes Teddy Gammell Teddy Gammell Someone has to pay, Lenny. Somebody always pays.
Teddy Gammell It's beer o'clock, and I'm buying.
Teddy Gammell You know, I've had more rewarding friendships than this one. Although I do get to keep telling the same jokes.
Scenes with Teddy Gammell
1 scene
Hi. Uh, Lincoln Street?
Waiter Oh, you just take the main road...
Hang on, let me write this down.
Waiter Oh, it's easy. You just...
Trust me, I need to write this down.
What's the last thing that you do remember?
My wife...
That's sweet.
...dying
Burt Oh shit. This is the wrong room. You're in 304 now. I'm sorry. I **** up.
This is not my room?
Burt No, come on, let's go.
Why is this my handwriting?
Burt ...This was your room, but now you're in 304.
When was I in here?
Burt Last week. But then I rented you another room on top of it.
Why?
Burt Business is slow. I mean, I told my boss about the - your condition and stuff, and he said try and rent him another room.
So how many rooms am I checked into in this shit-hole?
Burt Just two, so far.
Well, at least you're being honest about ripping me off.
Burt Well, you're not gonna remember anyway.
You don't have to be that honest, Burt.
Burt Leonard, always get a receipt.
Oh, yeah. I'm gonna write that down.
Get rid of Dodd for me. Kill him. I'll pay you.
Are you crazy? I'm not gonna kill someone for money.
What then? Love? What would you kill for? You'd kill for your wife, wouldn't you?
That's different!
Not to me, I wasn't **** married to her!
Tell me about her again.
Why?
Because you like to remember her.
She was beautiful. To me, she was perfect.
No, don't just recite the words. Close your eyes... and remember her.
You can just feel the details. The bits and pieces you never bothered to put into words. And you can feel these extreme moments... even if you don't want to. You put these together, and you get the feel of a person. Enough to know how much you miss them... and how much you hate the person who took them away.
Teddy [checking Leonard's pulse]
You're living.
Only for revenge.
I don't think they'd let someone like me carry a gun.
Teddy I **** hope not.
Teddy You don't know who you are anymore.
Of course I do. I'm Leonard Shelby. I'm from San Francisco.
Teddy No, that's who you were. Maybe it's time you started investigating yourself.
There are things you know for sure.
Such as?
I know what that's going to sound like when I knock on it. I know that's what going to feel like when I pick it up. See? Certainties. It's the kind of memory that you take for granted.
Teddy Was he scared?
Yeah, I think it was your sinister moustache.
I have this condition.
Teddy [examining Jimmy Grantz]
I hope it's not as serious as this guy because he's dead.
[Leonard opens the closet door to find a beaten and bloodied Dodd]
Who did this to you?
Dodd [puzzled]
You did!
