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Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Marc Antona, Michael Attwell, David Alan Barclay, Sean Barrett, Timothy Bateson, Denise Bryer, Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Michael Hordern, Peter Marinker, Rob Mills, Ron Mueck, Toby Philpott, Karen Prell, David Shaughnessy, and Shari Weiser in Labyrinth (1986)

Quotes

Labyrinth

  • Jareth: You remind me of the babe.
  • Goblin: What babe?
  • Jareth: The babe with the power.
  • Goblin: What power?
  • Jareth: The power of voodoo.
  • Goblin: Who do?
  • Jareth: You do.
  • Goblin: Do what?
  • Jareth: Remind me of the babe.
  • Sarah: That's not fair!
  • Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?
  • Jareth: It's only forever, not long at all.
  • Sarah: Give me the child.
  • Jareth: Sarah, beware. I have been generous up 'til now. I can be cruel.
  • Sarah: Generous? What have you done that's generous?
  • Jareth: *Everything*! Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for *you*! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations. Isn't that generous?
  • Jareth: Everything I've done, I've done for you. I move the stars for no one.
  • The Worm: If she'd 'ave kept on goin' down that way she'd 'ave gone straight to that castle.
  • Sarah: Through dangers untold. And hardships unnumbered. I have fought my way here to the castle; beyond the goblin city, to take back the child that you have stolen. My will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great...
  • Jareth: Stop! Look what I'm offering you. Your dreams.
  • Sarah: My kingdom as great... my kingdom as great... damn, I can never remember that line.
  • Jareth: Just fear me. Love me. Do as I say, and I will be your slave.
  • Sarah: My kingdom is great... My kingdom is great... You have no power over me. You have no power over me!
  • [echoes]
  • Sarah: [the clock chimes 13:00 at that moment. Defeated, Jareth sends Sarah and Toby back to the real world where the clock finishes chiming midnight]
  • Sarah: You're horrible!
  • Hoggle: No, I ain't. I'm Hoggle.
  • Sarah: Okay, let's handle this thing logically. What exactly have you sworn?
  • Didymus: I have sworn with my life's blood, none shall pass this way without *my* permission!
  • Sarah: Well... May we have your permission?
  • Didymus: Well I, uh... I... that is, uh... hm... Yes?
  • Jareth: You have thirteen hours in which to solve the labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes one of us... forever.
  • [first lines]
  • Sarah: Give me the child. Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great...
  • [thunder rumbles]
  • Sarah: For my will is as strong as yours, my kingdom as great... Damn.
  • [pulls the Labyrinth novel out of her pocket]
  • Sarah: I can never remember that line.
  • [then, her eyes light up as the answer dawns upon her]
  • Sarah: You have no power over me.
  • Jareth: So, the Labyrinth is a piece of cake, is it? Well, let's see how you deal with this little slice...
  • Jareth: I've brought you a gift.
  • Sarah: What is it?
  • Jareth: It's a crystal. Nothing more. But if you turn it this way and look into it, it will show you your dreams. But this is not a gift for an ordinary girl who takes care of a screaming baby.
  • Jareth: Hello, Hedgewart.
  • Sarah: Hogwart.
  • Hoggle: Hog-gle!
  • Jareth: She's in the oubliette.
  • [goblins laugh]
  • Jareth: Shut up! She should not have gotten as far as the oubliette; she should've given up by now.
  • Goblin: She'll never give up.
  • Jareth: Will she? The dwarf's about to lead her back to the beginning. She'll soon give up when she realizes she has to start all over again. Ha ha ha... well? laugh!
  • [goblins laugh]
  • The Worm: 'Allo.
  • Sarah: Did you say... hello?
  • The Worm: No, I said "'allo," but that's close enough.
  • Sarah: Oh... you're a worm, aren't you?
  • The Worm: Yeah, that's right.
  • Sarah: You don't by any chance know the way through this labyrinth, do you?
  • The Worm: Who, me? No, I'm just a worm. Say, come inside, and meet the missus.
  • Jareth: Your eyes can be so cruel, just as I can be so cruel.
  • Goblin: Your mother is a fraggin' aardvark!
  • Didymus: Sir Ludo, canst thou summon up the very rocks?
  • Ludo: Sure. Rocks friends.
  • Jareth: How you turn my world, you precious thing.
  • First Statue: Don't go on...
  • Second Statue: Go back, while you still can...
  • Third Statue: This is not the way...
  • Fourth Statue: Take heed, and go no further...
  • Fifth Statue: Beware, beware...
  • Sixth Statue: Soon it will be too late...
  • Hoggle: Ah, don't pay any attention to them, they're just false alarms. You get a lot of them in the Labyrinth, especially when you're on the right track.
  • Seventh Statue: Oh, no you're not!
  • Hoggle: Oh, shut up.
  • Seventh Statue: I'm sorry, I'm just doing my job.
  • Hoggle: Well, you don't have to do it to us.
  • Eighth Statue: [deep, booming voice] Beware, for...
  • Hoggle: Just forget it.
  • Eighth Statue: [normal voice] Oh, please. I haven't said it in such a long time.
  • Hoggle: Oh, all right. But don't expect a big reaction.
  • Eighth Statue: No, no, no, of course not.
  • Eighth Statue: [clears throat, deep, booming voice] For the path you will take will lead you to certain destruction!
  • [normal voice]
  • Eighth Statue: Thank you very much.
  • Jareth: And Hoggle, if she ever kisses you, I'll turn you into a prince.
  • Hoggle: Y-you will?
  • Jareth: Prince of the Land of Stench!
  • [laughs]
  • Sarah: This taste strange. Hoggle, what've you done?
  • Hoggle: [leaves in fear] Oh, damn you, Jareth. And damn me, too.
  • Sarah: You're him, aren't you? You're the Goblin King! I want my brother back, please, if it's all the same.
  • Jareth: What's said is said.
  • Sarah: But, I didn't mean it.
  • Jareth: Oh, you didn't?
  • Jareth: Well? Laugh.
  • Jareth: Tell me Sarah, what do you think of my labyrinth?
  • The Hat: Oh! It's so stimulating being your hat.
  • Fiery 1: Hey! Hey! Her head don't come off!
  • Sarah: Of course it doesn't!
  • Fiery 2: Hey, lady! Where are you going with a head like that?
  • Fiery 3: Hey, man! I know what we can do! Take off her head! Ha-ha!
  • Hoggle: This is an oubliette, labyrinth's full of 'em.
  • Sarah: Really. I didn't know that.
  • Hoggle: Oh don't act so smart. You don't even know what an oubliette is.
  • Sarah: Do you?
  • Hoggle: Yes. It's a place you put people... to forget about 'em!
  • Sarah: Help! Stop it! Help!
  • Helping Hand: What do you mean "help"? We *are* helping.
  • Different Helping Hand: We're Helping Hands.
  • Sarah: You're hurting!
  • Helping Hand: Would you like us to let go? Heh-heh...
  • [They loosen their grip, Sarah starts to slide downward]
  • Sarah: No!
  • [They catch hold of her again]
  • Helping Hand: Well then, come on, which way?
  • Sarah: Which way?
  • Helping Hand: Up, or down?
  • Sarah: Oh...
  • Helping Hand: Come on, come on.
  • Different Helping Hand: We haven't got all day.
  • Different Helping Hand: Well, it's a big decision for her.
  • Different Helping Hand: Which way do you want to go, hm?
  • Sarah: Oh.
  • Helping Hand: Yes, which way?
  • Sarah: Well... since I'm pointed that way, I guess I'll go down.
  • Helping Hand: She chose DOOOOOWN!
  • Different Helping Hand: She chose *down*? Heh!
  • [they let go]
  • Sarah: Was that wrong?
  • Helping Hand: Too late now!
  • Jareth: Ah, what have we here?
  • Hoggle: Oh, uh, nothin'.
  • Jareth: [removing his disguise at the last second] Nothing? Nothing? NOTHING? Nothing, tra la la?
  • Jareth: [to Toby] In 9 hours and 23 minutes... you'll be mine.
  • Jareth: Sarah, go back to your room. Play with your toys and your costumes. Forget about the baby.
  • Ludo: [in the mirror] Goodbye, Sarah.
  • Didymus: And remember, fair maiden, should you need us...
  • Hoggle: Yes, should you need us, for any reason at all...
  • Sarah: I need you, Hoggle.
  • Hoggle: You do?
  • Sarah: [nods] I don't know why, but every now and again in my life - for no reason at all - I need you. All of you.
  • Hoggle: You do? Well... WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?
  • [she spins around and sees them all in her room, including the goblins. She hugs them all, and a huge party begins]
  • Jareth: Higgle...
  • Hoggle: Hoggle!
  • Jareth: Yes, If I thought that for one second that you would betray me, I would be forced to suspend you, head first, in the Bog of Eternal Stench.
  • Hoggle: [falls to his knees] Oh no! Your Majesty, not the eternal stench!
  • Jareth: Oh, yes!
  • Hoggle: What did you have to go and do a thing like that for?
  • Sarah: Do what? You mean rescue you?
  • Hoggle: No! You kissed me!
  • Sarah: Ow! It bit me!
  • Hoggle: What'd you expect fairies to do?
  • Sarah: I thought they did nice things, like... like granting wishes.
  • Hoggle: Shows what *you* know, don't it?
  • [last lines]
  • Didymus: I say, does anyone want to play a game of Scrabble?
  • Didymus: [finally entering the castle] Well, come on then!
  • Sarah: No! I have to face him alone.
  • Didymus: But why?
  • Sarah: Because that's the way it's done!
  • Didymus: Well, if that is the way it is done, then that is the way you must do it. But, should you need us...
  • Hoggle: Yes, should you need us...
  • Sarah: I'll call.
  • Didymus: Ambrocious, unlock this door!
  • [a spear point taps him on the shoulder, and someone clears his throat. Didymus turns around, and sees a squad of mounted goblins pointing their spears at his chest]
  • Didymus: So, had enough, eh? All right then, throw down your weapons, and I'll see that you're well-treated.
  • Hoggle: [sadly, after Sarah broke free from the crystal] Oh, she'll never forgive me. What have I done? I've lost my only friend. That's what I've done.
  • Sarah: I wish the goblins would come and take you away! Right now!
  • Guard: Well, the only way out of here is to try one of these doors!
  • Guard: One of them leads to the castle at the end of the labyrinth, and the other one leads to...
  • Guard: Ba-baba-BOOM!
  • Guard: Certain DEATH!
  • Guard, Guard, Guard, Guard: Ooooooooooooohhhhh!
  • The Junk Lady: What's the matter, my dear, don't you like your toys?
  • Sarah: [comes to her senses] It's all junk!
  • The Junk Lady: [picks up a music box] Well, what about this? This is not junk, eh?
  • Sarah: [smashes music box] Yes, it is!
  • [Sarah's room crumbles without her notice]
  • Sarah: I have to save Toby!
  • Left Door Knocker: Huh. Doesn't want his ring back in his mouth, eh? Can't say I blame him.
  • [Sarah holds the Right Door Knocker's nose so that he has to open his mouth; she stuffs the ring back in and knocks; the door opens]
  • Sarah: Sorry.
  • Right Door Knocker: [muffled] That's all right, I'm used to it.
  • Hoggle: You have to understand my position. I'm a coward. And Jareth scares me.
  • Sarah: What kind of a position is that?
  • Hoggle: No position! That's my point.
  • Jareth: [the Owl flies away] You remind me of the babe.
  • Goblin: What babe?
  • Jareth: The babe with the power.
  • Goblin: What power?
  • Jareth: The power of voodoo.
  • Goblin: Who do?
  • Jareth: You do.
  • Goblin: Do what?
  • Jareth: Remind me of the babe...
  • [End titles]
  • Jareth: Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. Heard about a place to stay. I, I'm underground. Nothing ever hurts again. Heard about a place to stay. Daddy, get me out of here. Where nothing ever hurts again. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. I, I'm underground. Sister, sister, please take me down. I, I'm underground. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. No one can blame you for walking away. Too much rejection. No love injection. Life can't be easy. It's not always swell. Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell, but down in the underground you'll find someone true.Down in the underground; a land serene; a crystal moon. Ah... It's only forever. Not long at all. Lost and lonely. That's underground. Underground. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. Heard about a place to stay. I, I'm underground. Nothing ever hurts again. Heard about a place to stay. Daddy, get me out of here where nothing ever hurts again. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. I, I'm underground. Sister, sister, please take me down. I, I'm underground. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. It's only... It's only forever. It's not long at all. Lost and lonely. That's underground. Underground. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. Heard about a place to stay. Nothing never hurts again. Daddy, daddy, get me out of here. I'm, I'm underground. Sister, sister, please take me down. I'm, I'm underground. Daddy, daddy, get me out. Wanna live underground. Wanna live underground. Wanna live underground. Wanna live underground. Wanna live underground...
  • Sarah: I can bear it no longer! Goblin King! Goblin King! Wherever you may be take this child of mine far away from me!
  • Goblin, Goblin, Goblin, Goblin, Goblin, Goblin, Goblin: No!
  • Goblin: That's not it!
  • Goblin: Where'd she learn that rubbish? It doesn't even start with "I wish."
  • The Hat: Eh. Huh? How's that for brainpower, eh?
  • The Wiseman: Be quiet! So, young woman, the way forward is sometimes the way back.
  • The Hat: Ah, nuts.
  • The Wiseman: So, young woman, the way forward is sometimes the way back.
  • The Hat: Heh, will you listen to this crap?
  • The Wiseman: Will you please... be... *quiet*? Okay?
  • The Hat: All right!
  • The Wiseman: All right?
  • The Hat: Okay, okay!
  • Stepmother: She treats me like a wicked stepmother in a fairy story, no matter what I say.

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