Awakenings (1990)
Robert De Niro: Leonard Lowe
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Quotes
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Leonard Lowe : We've got to tell everybody. We've got to remind them. We've got to remind them how good it is.
Dr. Sayer : How good what is, Leonard?
Leonard Lowe : Read the newspaper. What does it say? All bad. It's all bad. People have forgotten what life is all about. They've forgotten what it is to be alive. They need to be reminded. They need to be reminded of what they have and what they can lose. What I feel is the joy of life, the gift of life, the freedom of life, the wonderment of life!
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Leonard Lowe : It's quiet.
Dr. Malcolm Sayer : Yes, everybody's sleeping.
Leonard Lowe : I'm not asleep.
Dr. Malcolm Sayer : [smiles] No. You're awake.
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Leonard Lowe : "I'm all right, and then everything stops, There's no warning, It's like a light switch going off. It happens that fast. Something has to happen to bring me back. A sound or a touch. And then I can move again, I'm okay again. It's not that it feels bad, It's just that it's nothing. I feel nothing, like I'm dead. Nothing. Gets to be like I'm no a person anymore. Just a collection of tics. Not that I mind them necessarily. Sometimes they make life kind of interesting. Though I'm not sure who's in control, me or them. What I do mind is knowing that they shouldn't be there".
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Leonard Lowe : Hello. My name is Leonard Lowe. It has been explained to me that I've been away for quite some time. I'm back.
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Leonard Lowe : Look, l'm not a criminal. I've committed no crime, I'm not a danger to myself or to others. And yet, l'm stiIl not alIowed to go for a waIk on my own by myself. You didn't wake a thing, you woke a person. I am a person.
Psychiatrist : Mr. Lowe, are you at all aware of the unconscious hostiIity you're exhibiting toward us right now?
Leonard Lowe : How can l be aware if it's unconscious?
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Leonard Lowe : Don't give up on me.
Dr. Sayer : I won't.
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Dr. Sayer : What's it Iike to be back?
Leonard Lowe : I thought it was a dream at first.
Dr. Sayer : What made you reaIize it wasn't a dream?
Leonard Lowe : When l spoke and you understood me.
