"There are two realities to the movie all over the place."

"We asked Sharon Stone to take part of her clothes off, but she was very timid. I think I took revenge in Basic Instinct."

"The memory implants that are sold but ultimately could make you completely schizophrenic are sold in the same nice way the tobacco companies sell cigarettes."

"He's horrible, that Cohagen, isn't he?"

"We wanted to make the girl fight interesting and new. [Not like a catfight.]"

"Introducing the aliens was not so easy I felt"

(Preceding quotes from the director's commentary on the Total Recall DVD.)

"Is it the reality of a dream, or is it the reality of someone who has a dream but comes out of the dream?"

"Arnold really wanted to do it and never got a chance, and Dino was very adamant: 'You won't get it.'"

"I think back to Total Recall and [working with the cast and crew] was a lot of warmth and pleasure."

"Even at the end [of the movie] there is no decision made."

"I accept violence on a much higher level than a lot of other people do. For me it's just another way of showing my dreams or my nightmares or whatever that I basically give to the audience."

"His [the guy on the escalator] whole body was blown to pieces. [Laughs.] I shouldn't laugh about it really."

"I felt that [Quaid] was a guy that was able to blow away everybody."

(Preceding quotes from the feature "Imagining Total Recall" on the Total Recall DVD)

The film was shot in Mexico because of budget considerations.

One of Arnold's favorite scenes was the beginning bedroom scene because, he says, "How many times do people get a chance to wake up with Sharon Stone?" Arnold, Paul, and Sharon checked into a room in the Bellagio Hotel to rehearse the scene.

The stuff with the Cohagen government on Mars represented (British) imperialism.

The walk-through x-ray machine was one of the first digital effects ever done.

In the original script, Douglas Quaid was an accountant. Verhoeven didn't think that suited Arnold so they changed it to construction worker.

Jeff Bridges, Richard Dreyfuss were supposed to play Quaid before Carolco bought the script.

The entire plot of the film is told by the Rekall salesman in the beginning.

Arnie and Paul both agree that Sharon enjoyed the fight scene she had with Arnold.

The violence had to be toned down to please the MPAA, who gave the first cut of the film an X.

The story was first optioned in 1974 for $1000. It was first offered to Dan O'Bannon.

Based upon Phillip Dick short story "We Can Remember it for you Wholesale."

There were 40 drafts in total of the Total Recall script.

Other directors attached to the project at various times were Richard Rush and David Cronenberg.

At one point, when the film was still in the hands of Dino DeLaurentis, it went into pre-production with Patrick Swayze in the lead.

Paul got the idea for the hanging rods (in the reactor that makes Mars' air) when he threw an architectural book on the floor in frustration and the picture of skyscrapers landed upside down.

Almost everyone on the set got sick except for Arnold, who brought his own chef. Paul was often sick during the shoot, and medical personnel were standing by most of the time to rehydrate him.

It took 50 puppeteers to make Kuato move.

Total Recall received a special Academy award for its special effects.