A character in Waterworld (1995)

Helen quotes from Waterworld (1995)

Jeanne Tripplehorn
A line from Helen

I thought you all stopped for each other. Maybe he has some FOOD!

Scenes with Helen

5 scenes
Helen

Did you see anything out there?

Mariner

See what?

Helen

An end, to all this water?

Mariner

That old woman they buried today? She found the only end there is.

Mariner

What are the markings on her back?

Helen

Some say it's the way to dry land.

Mariner

Dry land is a myth.

Helen

No, you said it yourself, that you've seen it.

Mariner

You're a fool to believe in something you've never seen.

Helen

But the things on your boat...!

Mariner

The things on my boat... WHAT?!

Helen

There are things on your boat that no one has ever seen! These shells, the music box and the reflecting glass! Well, if not from dry land, then where?! Where?!

Mariner

You wanna see dry land? You really wanna see it? I'll take you there.

Gregor

You see? Right down there. There's several of us survivors. We'll just start over again.

Atoll survivor man 1

You can't ask us to go get her !

Atoll survivor woman 1

Enola's the reason we're in all this trouble.

Helen

They don't have any reason to kill her. They need to find Dryland just like we do.

Gregor

Of course.

Helen

If the Mariner's willing to go, why not us ?

Atoll survivor woman 1

If he wants to go, then let him !

Atoll survivor woman 2

We don't want you here! You or the girl !

Gregor

Helen. The papers the Mariner brought you, it's the same language the tattoo is written in. They're numbers.

Atoll survivor man 1

Gregor, you're as crazy as she is !

Atoll survivor woman 1

We can't stay here !

Mariner

We're wasting valuable time. More Smokers will come. We need to be moving now!

Gregor

My friends, don't you see we need this child if we want to find Dryland?

Helen
[Trying to stop Mariner from throwing Enola off the boat]

She can cook. She can fish.

Mariner

So can I.

Helen
[Removing necklace]

Here. Take my necklace. Take my necklace.

Mariner

I got better ones below.

Helen

No, look! After what you went through back there on the atoll, I can understand why you would want to. But she's a child.

Helen

You've been there, haven't you? Dryland? You know where it is.

Mariner

Yeah, I know where it is.

Helen

And, uh, and we're going?

Mariner

You and I are. The kid we gotta pitch over the side.

Helen

What?

Mariner

My boat's tore up. I'm taking on water. [Points to water filtration] I'd be lucky to get half a hydro ration out of that.

Helen

You know, I said I won't drink.

Mariner

For twelve days?

Helen
[Nods]
Mariner

No. It's better that one of you dies now, then both of you die slow.

Helen

Wait, wait. We saved your life. We got you out.

Mariner

No. You got me out so you could get out. We're even.

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