Quotes from the Movie Oldboy

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.

Dae-su Oh

When the melody turns on, gas comes out. When the gas comes out, I fall asleep. I found out later it's the same Valium gas the Russians used on those Chechen terrorists.

Dae-su Oh

Anyone here with an AB blood type, raise your hand.

Dae-su Oh

How's life in a bigger prison, Dae-su?

Dae-su Oh

As I expected, I can't get along with anyone today either.

Dae-su Oh

Erasing my memory and telling me to find the truth was cowardly. I won. So die like you promised.

Dae-su Oh

Please. Don't tell Mido. What has she done wrong? You know it was all my fault... I have committed an unforgivable sin, against your sister. And I also... Did you wrong. But, please leave Mido alone... If by any chance Mido finds out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'll tear you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit.

Dae-su Oh

I thought I'd lived a simple life. But I've sinned too much

Dae-su Oh

The TV is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend...

Dae-su Oh

The TV is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend... ... and your lover. But... my lover's song is too short.

Dae-su Oh

If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?

Dae-su Oh

Even though I'm no more than a monster - don't I, too, have the right to live?

Dae-su Oh

Remember this: "Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same."

Woo-jin Lee

What I am isn't important. Why is important.

Woo-jin Lee

You really are the very monster I created, aren't you? But you won't find out the "why" of this if you kill me. Fifteen years of being curious would go to waste.

Woo-jin Lee