Diary of the Dead Quotes

Diary of the Dead is a television program that debuted in 1970 . Diary of the Dead ended in 1970.

It features George A. Romero as producer, Norman Orenstein in charge of musical score, and Adam Swica as head of cinematography.

Diary of the Dead is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Diary of the Dead is 92 minutes long. Diary of the Dead is distributed by The Weinstein Company.

The cast includes: Matt Birman as Looter, Joshua Close as Jason, Michelle Morgan as Debra, Todd William Schroeder as Brody, Greg Nicotero as Brie, Amy Lalonde as Tracy Thurman, Philip Riccio as Ridley Wilmott, Shawn Roberts as Tony Ravello, Scott Wentworth as Andrew Maxwell, Joe Dinicol as Eliot Stone, Chris Violette as Gordo Thorsen, Tatiana Maslany as Mary Dexter, R. D. Reid as Samuel, Martin Roach as Stranger, and Janet Lo as Asian Woman.

Diary of the Dead Quotes

Michelle Morgan as Debra

• (Michelle Morgan) "It's funny. You spend so much time resenting your parents, separating yourself, building your own life. But as soon as the s*** hits the fan, the only place you want to go is home."

• (Michelle Morgan) "What is this about, Jason?"
• (Joshua Close) "I don't know. I just -- If this turns out to be a big thing, I just want to record it, okay?"

• (Michelle Morgan) "Take this. It's too easy to use."

• (Michelle Morgan) "It's interesting how quickly we find out what we're capable of becoming. Up until that night, we had lived predictable lives. Now -- we would never be able to predict what might happen next. God had changed the rules on us. And surprisingly, we were playing along."

• (Michelle Morgan) "Technology is terrific, Eliot, except when it doesn't work."

• (Michelle Morgan) "The media were lying to us, or the government was lying to them. They were trying to make it seem like everything was gonna be all right."

• (Michelle Morgan) "Jason once said he thought he could help, maybe even save some lives. This is the last thing he downloaded before he died: a couple of hometown Joes who went out to shoot at targets. But that day, they used people. Dead people. You know, just for fun? There was one target that was different from the rest. A woman -- tied by her hair to the branch of a tree. The boys had this one set up just for kicks. They got out their favorite 12 gauge and --"
• (Michelle Morgan) "Are we worth saving? You tell me."

• (Michelle Morgan) "We made a film; the one I'm going to show you now. Actually, Jason was the one who wanted to make it. Like that cameraman from Channel 10, he wanted to upload it so that people, you, could be told the truth. The film was shot with a Panasonic HDX-900 and an HBX-200. I did the final cut on Jason's laptop. I've added music occasionally for effect, hoping to scare you. You see, in addition to trying to tell you the truth, I am hoping to scare you so that maybe you'll wake up. Maybe you won't make any of the same mistakes that we made. Anyway, here it is, Jason Creed's The Death of Death."

• (Michelle Morgan) "Jason always wanted to be a documentary filmmaker. But for his senior class project, he decided to try to make a horror film. That's what he was shooting on that first night, the night when -- everything changed."

• (Michelle Morgan) "If it didn't happen on camera, it's like it didn't happen, right?"

• (Michelle Morgan) "Tell us your name."
• (Joshua Close) "Uh --"
• (Michelle Morgan) "Say it."
• (Joshua Close) "Deb, come on."
• (Michelle Morgan) "Say it."
• (Joshua Close) "Give me a break. Jay -- Jason. Jason Creed."
• (Michelle Morgan) "You see how it feels to have a camera shoved in your face? To have to answer stupid questions when people are dying all around you? You see how it feels?"

Joshua Close as Jason

• (Joshua Close) "Say your name."
• (Michelle Morgan) "Jason, if you don't know my name by now, then get your clothes out of my closet, okay?"

• (Joshua Close) "All over the world, people learning how to survive by seeing how we've managed to survive."

• (Joshua Close) "Shoot him in the head."

• (Joshua Close) "f***. $100,000 education, I can't find my way out of a f***ing warehouse."

• (Joshua Close) "Mary, how do you feel about what just happened?"
• (Tatiana Maslany) "How do you think I feel?"
• (Michelle Morgan) "They were already dead, okay? You didn't do anything wrong."
• (Shawn Roberts) "Listen to me, unless you're Jesus f***ing Christ, you don't stand up and walk around after you're dead."

• (Joshua Close) "The camera can see. And what the camera sees, the audience will see."
• (Shawn Roberts) "What f***ing audience?"
• (Joshua Close) "There's always an audience for horror; believable horror. But who's gonna believe a mummy if his makeup's all unglued?"
• (Shawn Roberts) "Who's gonna believe a mummy in the first place?"

• (Joshua Close) "How many times have I told you? Dead things don't move fast. You're a corpse, for Christ's sakes. If you run that fast, your ankles are gonna snap off."

• (Joshua Close) "Shoot me."

• (Joshua Close) "Say who you are, Eliot."
• (Joe Dinicol) "You just did. I'm Eliot."
• (Joshua Close) "Tell us more."
• (Joe Dinicol) "Eliot Stone, Harrisburg, PA. And I'm here with you fine people because -- I don't know -- I'd like to get home, too. It's on the way. I'm hoping you'll be so kind as to drop me off."

• (Joshua Close) "f***. Battery's almost dead."
• (Amy Lalonde) "Yeah, that's not all."

Philip Riccio as Ridley Wilmott

• (Philip Riccio) "Something tells me you're gonna be here for a while."

Shawn Roberts as Tony Ravello

• (Shawn Roberts) "What's with you all? How come you stuck around?"
• (Martin Roach) "'Cause we got the power. For the first time in our lives, we got the power 'cause everybody else left. All the folks without suntans."
• (Shawn Roberts) "They'll be back, right? The Army? The National Guard? Somebody's gotta put all this s*** back together."
• (Martin Roach) "The National Guard. Kid, I'm in the National Guard."

• (Shawn Roberts) "Stupid f***ing mummy movie."
• (Scott Wentworth) "With an underlying threat of social satire."

Scott Wentworth as Andrew Maxwell

• (Scott Wentworth) "There will always be people like you, wanting to document, wanting to record some sort of diary."
• (Joshua Close) "Me? You're the one who put the camera in my hands. You're the one who made me want to do this."
• (Scott Wentworth) "Not this. This is a diary of cruelty. And in wartime, when the enemy can be marked as this son of a bitch or that son of a bitch, then cruelty -- becomes justified."

• (Scott Wentworth) "I'm running low. I'd like to make it to a state store before they all shut their doors forever. God, there's a terrible thought. A world where a gentleman can't buy a bottle of bourbon."

• (Scott Wentworth) "Morning approaches."
• (Michelle Morgan) "Things always look better in the morning."
• (Scott Wentworth) "Not to me. Mornings bring light. I prefer the darkness. It's easier to hide in the dark."
• (Shawn Roberts) "You know, Professor? I actually get the -- the mornings. They show you for what you are, instead of what you think you are."
• (Scott Wentworth) "Inelegantly phrased, Mr. Ravello, but accurately put. Mornings -- and mirrors. I despise them. Mornings and mirrors only serve to terrify old men."

• (Scott Wentworth) "You're stuttering, Mr. Creed. Don't try to speak, just shoot. Shoot your picture. Shoot for as long as your hard drive holds out. As long as you have power."

Tatiana Maslany as Mary Dexter

• (Tatiana Maslany) "It's a cop. A state trooper."
• (Chris Violette) "How do you know that?"
• (Tatiana Maslany) "Oh, his hat. His hat -- his stupid looking hat."

Janet Lo as Asian Woman

• (Janet Lo) "Don't bury dead. First shoot in head."

Martin Roach as Stranger

• (Martin Roach) "What the hell's with that camera anyway?"
• (Joshua Close) "Uh, home movies."
• (Martin Roach) "Who's gonna be left to watch?"

• (Martin Roach) "One of my men had a bad heart. He died. Thing is we don't know where he went."

Todd William Schroeder as Brody

• (Todd William Schroeder) "Can't get close enough for an Emmy."
• (Greg Nicotero) "Screw the Emmy. I'd settle for a f***ing paycheck."
• (Todd William Schroeder) "Story of my life."

Joe Dinicol as Eliot Stone

• (Joe Dinicol) "I want to meet your little brother. Maybe he has a playstation."
• (Scott Wentworth) "I'd like to meet your father. Maybe he has a bar."

• (Joe Dinicol) "f***in' mummies get all the girls."

Amy Lalonde as Tracy Thurman

• (Amy Lalonde) "This is our fault. For panicking, for turning this into --"
• (Chris Violette) "Into what?"
• (Shawn Roberts) "Into something it's not. Into something more than this is. This is all just bulls***."

• (Amy Lalonde) "Can somebody please explain to me why girls in scary movies always have to, like, fall down and lose their shoes and s***? It's totally lame. And why do we always have to get our dresses torn off?"
• (Philip Riccio) "Actually, I'm looking forward to that part."

• (Amy Lalonde) "Don't mess with Texas."

Chris Violette as Gordo Thorsen

• (Chris Violette) "Gordo Thorson, Danville, Pennsylvania."
• (Amy Lalonde) "Tracy Thurman. We're, uh -- we're together."
• (Chris Violette) "Forever."
• (Amy Lalonde) "Uh, yeah. We'll see."

Matt Birman as Looter

• (Matt Birman) "What the f*** are you doing here?"
• (Joshua Close) "What the f*** are you doing here?"
• (Matt Birman) "I'm just stealing s***. But you -- what's a guy with a video camera doing in the women's dorm, huh?"

R. D. Reid as Samuel

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