Self/less movie quotes tell the story of how one wealthy man is offered seamless immortality, or so it initially seems. The science fiction thriller was written by David and Àlex Pastor and directed by Tarsem Singh. Self/less opened in theaters in the United States on July 10, 2015.
In Self/less, Damian (Ben Kingsley) is an incredibly successful and wealthy businessman who is aging and dying of cancer. He's pitched to by Professor Albright (Matthew Goode) who offers him a chance at immortality. See Professor Albright claims to have a way to put Damian's conscience into a younger body, a complete empty vessel, allowing Damian to continue to enjoy his life for decades to come.
Damian agrees and undergoes the procedure, waking up in a new man's (Ryan Reynolds) body. At first he enjoys the life, but it doesn't take long for Damian to have visions from the memories of the man's body he now inhabits, including of the man's wife (Natalie Martinez) and child. As the lines between who he really is continues to blur, Damian becomes a threat to Professor Albright out of fear Damian will expose the organization. This makes survival and the promised immortality, extremely difficult.
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Self/less Movie Quotes,
The Very Best of the Human Experience
Professor Albright: You built an empire from the ground up. People will insist that your buildings make you immortal. Now, as you slip away, do you feel immortal? ... We offer humanity's greatest minds more time to fulfill their potential. Designed to offer you the very best of the human experience.
Old Damian: It's alive?
Professor Albright: An empty vessel... If we do this, there is no turning back. Your old life is over.
Professor Albright makes his pitch to successful businessman Damian. See Damian is dying of cancer but Albright's service could provide him with near immortality.
How is This Possible?
New Damian: Hello?
Madeline: How is this possible?
Damian visits the home of the man whose body he now holds to see that the man had a wife and child. The wife, Madeline, is even more shocked to see her husband and pulls a gun on him.
Something to Stop Your Heart
Old Damian: What's that?
Anton: It's something to stop your heart.
Old Damian: What?!
Anton: It's something to stop your heart.
Damian is upset when he is injected with a substance to stop his heart. Really though, this is all part of the process to put his consciousness into a younger, healthier body.
New Body Smell
Professor Albright: How are you feeling?
New Damian: It's that new body smell.
Professor Albright: A sense of humor, good... Just relax and have some fun. After all, at your age, I'd say you've earned it.
Damian takes a moment to compose himself after awaking in the body of a much younger man. Professor Albright urges him to live it up, new body smell and all.
52 Years
Leah: You okay?
New Damian: Fine, I just haven't seen anything like that in about 52 years.
When in the company of a nearly naked young woman, Damian is a bit stunned. See, it's been many years since he's been with a woman like that, not that he's complaining.
Immortality Has Some Side Effects
New Damian: This wasn't a hallucination.
Professor Albright: Immortality has some side effects.
Damian realizes that the shell body he was promised was not completely blank as advertised when he sees memories of the man whose body he now holds. Professor Albright does not seem too shocked by the development.
No Progress Without Sacrifice
Professor Albright: There is no science, no progress without sacrifice.
Professor Albright lays things out simply. Without some stumbles along the way, science will never progress.
You Took a Man's Life
New Damian: I never wanted us to suffer.
Professor Albright: I gave you what you wanted.
New Damian: You took a man's life. No! I did!
After Damian accused Professor Albright of killing a man to give Damian immortality, Damian realizes that both are to blame. By asking for the procedure to be done, Damian effectively killed that man just as much as the professor.
Standing Between You and Oblivion
New Damian: Soon I'll be gone. I can already hear my mind fading.
Professor Albright: Without me, your mind will relapse and we both know who takes over. I'm the only one standing between you and oblivion.
When Damian feels his mind slipping, the battle for survival begins between Damian and Professor Albright. Albright has the power, where at Damian is unsure of who he is anymore, the old Damian or the man whose body he now inhabits.