Tom Collins Merry Christmas, bitches!
Played by Jesse L. Martin 
Rent (2005) · 139 quotes
Rent (2005) · 139 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Rent (2005): in 19 of its 139 quotes
Most scenes with: Mark Cohen (3)
'Oh, hi,' after seven months?
More lines from Tom Collins
14 quotes Tom Collins Tom Collins They expelled me for my theory of actual reality.
Tom Collins That's cute, you still love her.
Tom Collins Well I'm thwarted by a metaphysic puzzle, and I'm sick of grading papers, this I know. I'm drowning in my sleep I need a muzzle. And all this misery pays no salary, so...
Tom Collins Yeah, I teach. Computer age philosophy. When my students would rather watch TV.
Tom Collins In honor of the death of Bohemia, an impromptu salon will commence immediately following dinner - Maureen Johnson, back from her one night performance at the eleventh street lot, will perform Native American tribal chants, backwards, through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello, which she ain't never studied.
Tom Collins [To Joanne]
You got engagedededed!
Tom Collins The benevolent god ushers the poor artists back to their flat. Full story tonight on Buzzline.
Tom Collins Hey, it's me! Throw down the key.
Tom Collins (optional line in place of the previous)
Happy Kwanzaa, crackers!
Tom Collins Lets open up a restaurant in Santa Fé! Lovely Santa Fé would be NICE!
Tom Collins (cut line)
after Mark throws down key Thanks you honk headed albino f***!
Tom Collins Come at me bro
Tom Collins In truths that she learned/Or in times that he cried/In bridges he burned/Or the way that she died
Scenes with Tom Collins
4 scenes
Where is he?
Collins Getting dizzy.
Collins Merry Christmas, bitches!
Yeah, fourteen hours later! What the hell happened to you?!
Collins Angel helped up believe in love, I can't believe you disagree.
All
I can't believe this is...good bye.
Must be nice to have money.
Mimi and Collins: No shit.
Collins You owe me a beer.
I'll give you a cigarette.
Mimi's got her baggage too.
So do you.
You're always preaching not to be numb, when that's how you thrive. You pretend to create and observe, when you really detach from feeling alive.
Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive.
Poor baby.
