Memorable Quotes from James McAvoy
49 quotesMeeting in Narnia: Tumnus and Edmund
Mr. Tumnus
If... If you're not going to eat that... I'd get up, but... but my legs.
Edmund
Mr. Tumnus.
Mr. Tumnus
What's left of him. You're Lucy Pevensie's brother.
Edmund
I'm Edmund.
Mr. Tumnus
Yes. Yes, you have the same nose. Is your sister all right? Is she safe?
Edmund
I don't know.
White Witch
My police tore that dam apart. Your little family are nowhere to be found. Where did they go?
Edmund
I don't know!
White Witch
Then you're of no further use to me.
Edmund
Wait! The beaver said something about Aslan!
White Witch
Aslan? Where?
Edmund
I...
Mr. Tumnus
He's a stranger here, Your Majesty. He can't be expected to know anything.
White Witch
I said, where is Aslan?
Edmund
I... I don't know. I left before they said anything. I wanted to see you!
White Witch
Guard!
Guard
Your Majesty.
White Witch
Release the faun. Do you know why you're here, faun?
Mr. Tumnus
Because I believe in a free Narnia.
White Witch
You're here because he turned you in for sweeties. Take him upstairs and ready my sleigh. Edmund misses his family. Those coats anymore.
Unrequited Desire and Missed Opportunities
Wesley Gibson
] wanted YOU ]. And you couldn't take it.
[[Fate; [dead]
Trust Issues and Deception in Relationships
Lorraine Broughton
I've read your file. I've also read your dog file. So let's cut the crap, shall we? This whole hungover, show-up-late, don't-know-which-way-is-up act, I'm not buying it. I trust you about as far as I can throw you.
David Percival
It's a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Lorraine Broughton
]. It was on your shelf.
[[Niccolo Machiavelli]
David Percival
Oh my God, I think I fucking love you!
Lorraine Broughton
That's too bad.
Sacrifice and the Cost of Power
Erik Lehnsherr
How did you lose them?
Charles Xavier
The treatment for my spine affects my DNA.
Erik
You sacrificed your powers so you could walk?
Charles
I sacrificed my powers so I could sleep. What do you know about it?
[angrily]
Erik
I've lost my fair share.
Charles
Dry your eyes, Erik. It doesn't justify what you've done.
[laughs coldly; angrily]
Erik
You have no idea what I've done.
Charles
I know you took the things that meant the most to me.
Erik
Well, maybe you should have fought harder for them.
Charles
If you want a fight, Erik, I will give you a fight!
[stands up in rage]
Wolverine
Sit down!
Erik
Let him come.
Charles
YOU ABANDONED ME!!!!! YOU TOOK HER AWAY AND YOU ABANDONED ME!!!!!
[seizes Erik by the front of his shirt]
Erik
Angel, Azazel, Emma, Banshee. Mutant brothers and sisters, all dead! COUNTLESS OTHERS EXPERIMENTED ON, BUTCHERED!!!!!
[growing angrier as he recites the names; Erik's rage begins to affect the plane's stability]
Hank
Erik--!
Erik
WHERE WERE YOU, CHARLES?! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM!!!!! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOUR OWN PEOPLE NEEDED YOU?! HIDING!!!!! YOU AND HANK!!!!! PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT!!!!!
Hank
Erik!
[trying to maintain control of the plane]
Erik
You abandoned us all.
[relinquishes his control of the plane, allowing Hank to regain control]
A Moment of Realization in Science
Igor
It's alive.
Victor Frankenstein
Isn't that rather obvious?
Inner Conflict and Violent Impulses
Robbie Turner
I’ll be quite honest with you. I’m torn between breaking your neck here and taking you and throwing you down the stairs.
[to Briony]
Promise of Love and Redemption
Robbie Turner
Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the Surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.
[In a letter]
Challenging Assumptions About Mortality and Life
Victor Frankenstein
Since the beginning of modern medicine, there has been an assumption regarding the status of mortality. That being that death is an unavoidable event, the inevitability of which we should take for granted. I will show today that life is not some grace bestowed upon us by some outdated notion of an all-powerful...
Finnegan
Get on with it!
A Bold Exchange of Witty Banter
Lorraine Broughton
You've got some balls breaking in here.
David Percival
You should see my balls. Then you'd be really impressed!
Naming and Identity in X-Men Dynamics
Moira MacTaggert
What are you doing?! Who destroyed the statue?
Hank McCoy
It was Alex.
Mystique
No. Havok! We have to call him Havok. That's his name now. And we were thinking, you should be Professor X and you should be Magneto.
[pointing to Charles; pointing to Erik]
Erik Lehnsherr
Exceptional.
[sarcastically; leaves. Moira follows him]
Charles Xavier
I expect more from you.
[to Raven upon seeing the gang fool around; leaves]
Taking Back Control of My Life
Wesley Gibson
This is me taking ] — from Sloan, from the Fraternity, from Janice, from billing reports, from ergonomic keyboards, from cheating girlfriends and sack-of-shit best-friends. This is me taking back control — of my ]. ], turning to gaze at the audience] What the fuck have you done lately?
[[control; [life; Breaks the [[w:Fourth wall|fourth wall]
Embracing Identity Amidst Deception
Wesley Gibson
This is not me following my ]. This is not me following in my father's footsteps. This is definitely not me saving the ]. ... This is not me. This is just a mother-fucking decoy.
[[destiny; [world]
The Value of Togetherness in Life
Tom Lefroy
What value will there ever be in life, if we are not together?
Ambitions of an Un-killable Army
Finnegan
Can you make another?
Victor Frankenstein
I can and a whole lot more.
Finnegan
I dream of an un-killable army a thousand strong.
Understanding Identity and Purpose
Charles Xavier
You have a chance to become a part of something much bigger than yourself.
Erik Lensherr
What do you know about me?
Charles Xavier
Everything.
Choosing Sides in a Divided World
Erik Lehnsherr
This society won't accept us. We form our own. The humans have played their hand. Now we get ready to play ours. Who's with me? No more hiding.
[looks to Mystique]
Charles Xavier
You should go with him. It's what you want.
[she kneels by Charles]
Mystique
You promised me you'd never read my mind.
Charles Xavier
I've promised you a great many things, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.
Mystique
Take care of him. Hey, Beast! Never forget – mutant and proud!
[to Moira; she goes and stands next to Erik and Riptide, Azazel, and Angel all join as well; they disappear]
Unexpected Introductions Among Mutants
Erik Lehnsherr
Excuse me, I'm Erik Lehnsherr.
Charles Xavier
Charles Xavier.
Logan
Go fuck yourself.
Struggling with Indifference and Apathy
Wesley Gibson
I'm finding it hard to care about anything these days. In fact, the only thing I do care about is the fact that I can't care about anything. Seriously, it worries me.
Discovery of Purpose and Meaning in Life
Wesley Gibson
Now I know why I could never care about anything before this. I was living a ].
[[lie]
Consequences of Actions and Relationships
David Percival
You can't un-fuck what's been fucked. You know, a beautiful Italian girl once said to me, "David, you can't unfuck what's been fucked." Women are always getting in the way of progress, aren't they?
Questioning the Norms of Action and Choice
Wesley Gibson
Have you ever ] about doing things differently?
[[thought]
Betrayal and Class Distinctions in Atonement
Robbie Turner
Five years ago you didn’t care about telling the truth. You- all your family, you just assumed that for all my education, I was still little better than a servant, still not to be trusted!. Thanks to you, they were able to close ranks and throw me to the fucking wolves!.
[to Briony]
A Brother's Question to a Dark Presence
Bill Denbrough
I know you're down there. I know you can... I know you can hear me. There's something I have to know. Of all...all of the kids in this town you could have taken, why G-Ge-Georgie? S-S-S-Say some-Say something! Why him? WHY HIM, WHY HIM, WHY HIM?!
A Shoe and a Moment of Tension
Lorraine Broughton
Where the fuck are you?
David Percival
Don't shoot, I've got your shoe!
Meeting and Greeting in Narnia
Lucy
Pleased to meet you.
[holds out her hand]
Lucy
Oh, you shake it.
Mr. Tumnus
Why?
Lucy
I…I don't know. People do that when they meet each other.
Facing Doubts and Encouragement Among Friends
Hank McCoy
I'll go check the generator.
Wolverine
It's not the machinery, is it!
Charles
I can't do this!
Logan
Yes, you can!
Charles
No, I can't!
Wolverine
You're just a little rusty.
Charles
You don't understand, it's not a question of being "rusty!" I can flip the switches, I can turn the knobs, but my power doesn't come from here , it comes from...here . And it's broken. I feel like one of my students. Helpless. It was a mistake coming down here , it was a mistake freeing Eric, this whole thing has been one bloody mistake! I'm sorry, Logan, but they sent back the wrong man!
[points to his head; points to his heart; Xavier starts to leave]
Wolverine
You're right! Actually, it was supposed to be you. But I was the only one who could physically make the trip. And, uh, I don't even know how long I've got here. But I do know that a long time ago-well, actually, a long time from now-I was your most helpless student. And you unlocked my mind. You showed me what I was, you showed me what I could be. I don't know how to do that for you, you're right, I don't! But I think I know someone who might. Look...into my mind.
[Xavier stops, surprised to hear him admit this]
Charles Xavier
You saw what I just did to Cerebro! You don't want me inside your head!
Wolverine
There's no damage you can do that hasn't already been done, trust me!
[amused]
Charles
: You poor, poor man.
[reads Logan's mind and see his torture at the hands of Weapon X, his fragmented memories, the death of Jean Grey, and his hard life.]
Wolverine
Look past me.
Charles
No, I don't want your suffering, I don't want your future!
Wolverine
Look past my future! Look for your future. That's it. That's it...
Professor X
Charles.
Charles
Charles. Is this what becomes of us? Erik was right. Humanity does this to us.
[looks around to see the dire situation that both mutants and humanity face with the Sentinels in 2023.]
Professor X
Not if we show them a better path.
Charles
You still believe?
Professor X
Just because someone stumbles, loses their way, it doesn't mean they're lost forever. Sometimes, we all need a little help.
Charles
I'm not the man I was. I open my mind up, and it almost overwhelms me.
Professor X
You're afraid. And Cerebro knows it.
Charles
All those voices... So much...pain.
Professor X
It's not their pain you're afraid of. It's yours, Charles. And as frightening as it may be, that pain will make you stronger. If you allow yourself to feel it, embrace it, it will make you more powerful than you ever imagined. It's the greatest gift we have: to bear their pain without breaking. And it's born from the most human power: hope. Please, Charles, we need you to hope again.
[shows Charles his school for Mutants, his own compassion, what he fights for which helps ease his past self's mind.; Xavier, stunned, breaks the psychic link]
Wolverine
Find what you were looking for?
Hank McCoy
The power's back on.
Charles
Yes. Yes, it is.
The Burden of Following Orders
Charles Xavier
Erik, you said yourself, we're the better man. This is the time to prove it. There are thousands of men on those ships – good, honest, innocent men! They're just following orders–
[realizes what he just said]
Erik Lehnsherr
I've been at the mercy of men "just following orders". Never again.
[he sends the missiles shooting off towards the naval ships]
Tension in a High-Stakes Situation
David Percival
Let me help you with your bags.
Lorraine Broughton
Fucks sake!
David Percival
Russians are fucking heavy...
[dragging a henchman]
Lorraine Broughton
Five minutes on the ground, and I'm already made.
David Percival
You're not made.
Lorraine Broughton
They knew my name.
David Percival
That's troubling.
Lorraine Broughton
...and yours.
David Percival
Probably surprising.
Lorraine Broughton
Great fucking start, Percival...
[punches waking Russian in the face]
Embracing a New Identity Through Action
Wesley Gibson
* To Fox, after killing his first target.
Desire for Change and Self-Reflection
Wesley Gibson
You ] there are ], ] people, you just wish they could see you in a different setting, a different place. Instead of where you are, what you've become. But most of all, you wish you weren't such a pussy, for wishing for things that'll never ].
[[know; [people; [beautiful; [change]
The Origins of Mutants and Belief Systems
Moira MacTaggert
Ever since the world found out about mutants in 73, there have been cults who see them as some kind of second coming or a sign of God. I was tracking one of them, they call themselves "Ashir En Sabah Nur". Named after an ancient being they believe to be the world's first.
Alex
World's first..." what?
Moira
The world's first mutant.
Alex
I thought mutants didn't evolve till this century.
Moira
That's the common theory, yes, but these guys believe that the first mutant was born tens-of-thousands of years ago and they believe he will rise again. They've been searching ancient sites all around the world for clues. These hieroglyphs describe the specific set of powers greater than any man can possess.
[shows the evidence]
Professor Charles Xavier
Do you think he lived in all that time?
Moira
Yes and no. They believe that he had the ability to transfer his consciousness from body to body and whenever he was close to death, he would just take on a new body. Some of these made with the bodies of mutants, enabling him to take their powers amassing various abilities over the years.
Charles
An all-powerful mutant?
Moira
Exactly. And wherever this being was, he always had four principle followers, disciples, protectors he would imbue with powers.
[shows the picture of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse]
Alex
Like "the four horsemen... of the Apocalypse?" He got that one from the Bible?
Moira
Or the Bible got it from him? And wherever he ruled, eventually it would end in disaster. Cataclysm, some kind of... "Apocalypse".
Charles
The end of the world.
Struggling with Identity and Transformation
Wesley Gibson
Six weeks ago I was ordinary and pathetic just like you. Who am I now? Account manager? Assassin? Just another tool who was mind-fucked into killing his father? I am all of these. I am none of these. Who am I now?
Betrayal and Intelligence in Dangerous Alliances
Lorraine Broughton
You went to the KGB to take me out. You were too fucking scared to do it yourself.
David Percival
Too smart, more like.
The Illusion of a Secret-Free World
David Percival
Ironic. The news will tell them there will be no more secrets. But you and I, we both know that's not true. This world is run on secrets.
Choosing to Ignore the Truth
Lorraine Broughton
Are you going to lie till the very end?
David Percival
Truth and lies. People like us don't know the difference.
[laughing, gulps, gasps]
Lorraine Broughton
No, we know the difference, David. We choose to ignore it.
A Dreamlike Realization of Reality
Wesley Gibson
You know when you have a ] and you're half-awake, but still in the fringe of your ]. Then you open your ] and you're so damned ] it was a dream? This was ] like that.
[[dream; [brain; [eyes; [glad; His father's gun falls to the floor; [Nothing|NOTHING]
The White Witch's Eternal Winter Decree
Mr. Tumnus
It was the White Witch. She was the one who made it always winter, always cold. She gave orders.
Reflections on Identity and Acceptance
Mystique
You know, sometimes I wonder what my life would've been like if you haven't found me here that night.
Charles Xavier
Sorry, what? You... Yaah! God's sake, Raven, where are your clothes? Pu... put... put some clothes on–
[sees her and averts his eyes]
Mystique
That's not what you said when you first saw me. But I guess pets are always cuter when they're little, right?
Charles Xavier
Raven, I don't know what's gotten into you lately. I swear, you've been in a good mood. Hank, he tells me that he has found the answer to your cosmetic... problem. You gotta tell me what's the matter, or I'll have to read your mind.
[slight pause]
Mystique
You promised me you would never do that.
[looking deeply hurt]
Charles Xavier
Until recently, I never had to use my powers to know what you were thinking, Raven.
Mystique
You know, Charles, I used to think it was gonna be you and me against the world. But no matter how bad the world gets, you don't wanna be against it, do you? You want to be part of it.
[angrily; leaves]
The Importance of Experience in Fiction Writing
Tom Lefroy
If you wish to practice the art of fiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital. Your horizons must be…widened.
Discovery of the Weavers' Existence
Wesley Gibson
* To Sloan, when first being informed about the Weavers.
Moral Dilemma in Unquestioned Orders
Wesley Gibson
What did he do to deserve to ]? You don't know. I didn't know if he was bad. I didn't know if he was ]. I didn't know anything about him. We get orders from a loom — ]. And we're supposed to take enough ] in what we're doing is right. Killing someone we know nothing about. I don't know if I can do that.
[[die; [evil; [Fate; [faith]
Questioning Maturity and Moral Responsibility
Robbie Turner
How old do you have to be before you know the difference between right and wrong? What are you, eighteen? Do you have to be eighteen before you bring yourself to own up to a lie? There are...soldiers of eighteen old enough to be left to die on the side of the road! Did you know that!?
[to Briony]
A Complex Affection for Berlin
David Percival
So, what have I learned after all this time? After all the sleepless nights, lying to friends, lovers, myself? Playing this crooked game in this crooked town filled with backstabbers and four-faced liars? I'll tell you what I've learned. One thing and one thing only. I fucking love Berlin!