Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - Quotes

Taglines: When patriots become heroes.

Taglines: Discover the origin of the first avenger.

Nick Fury: At ease, soldier!

Steve Rogers: Who are you?

Fury: Colonel Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. You would have known us as the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

Rogers: Where am I?

Fury: 46th and Broadway. Look, I'm sorry about that little show back there, but we didn't know what your mental state might be, so we thought it best to break it to you slowly.

Rogers: Break what?

Fury: You've been asleep, Cap. For almost 70 years.

Rogers: How am I alive?

Fury: Well, to be honest with you, we don't really know. My docs say it was suspended animation. Could be Dr. Erskine's formula, the extreme cold. I don't know.

Rogers: What about the war? Did we win?

Fury: [Steve is silent with shock] Hell, yes. Unconditional surrender. Taking down HYDRA was a big part of that. But the world hasn't changed all that much. There's still a lot of work to be done. A soldier's work. The world can still use a man like you, Cap. There's a place here for you. You gonna be okay?

Rogers: Yeah. Yeah, I just... I had a date.

Captain America: Come in, this is Captain Rogers, do you read me?

Jim Morita: [Peggy interrupts] Captain Rogers, what is your--

Peggy Carter: Steve, is that you? Are you alright?

Captain America: Peggy, Schmidt's dead!

Carter: What about the plane?

Captain America: That's a little bit tougher to explain.

Carter: Give your coordinates, I'll find you a safe landing site.

Captain America: [Col. Phillips signals Jim Morita and they leave the room.] There's not gonna be a safe landing. But I can try and force it down.

Carter: I'll get Howard on the line, he'll know what to do.

Captain America: [[time; [New York; [water] There's not enough ]. This thing's moving too fast and it's heading for ]. I got to put her in the ].

Carter: Please, don't do this. We have time. We can work it out.

Captain America: [[people; [die; [choice; He puts his compass with her picture on one of the controls as he dives the plane down to the ice below] Right now, I'm in the middle of nowhere. If I wait any longer, a lot of ] are gonna ]. Peggy, this is my ]. Peggy?

Carter: I'm here.

Captain America: [[dance] I'm gonna to need a rain check on that ].

Carter: All right. A week, next Saturday, at the Stork Club.

Captain America: You got it.

Carter: 8:00 on the dot. Don't you dare be late. Understood?

Captain America: You know, I still don't know how to dance.

Carter: I'll show you how. Just be there.

Captain America: [radio goes to static] We'll have the band play something slow. I'd hate to step on your-

Carter: [Colonel Phillips is nearby as a tear drops down Peggy's face] Steve? Steve? Steve?

Red Skull: You don't give up, do you?

Captain America: [They fight; Captain America eventually loses his shield and takes cover from the Skull's shots] Nope!

Red Skull: You could have the power of the gods! Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!

Captain America: Not my future!

Phillips: Well, if it isn't "the Star-Spangled Man With A Plan". What is your plan today?

Steve: I need the casualty list from Azzano.

Phillips: You don't get to give me orders, son.

Steve: I just need one name, Sergeant James Barnes from the 107th.

Phillips: [To Peggy] You and I are gonna have a conversation later that you won't enjoy.

Steve: Please tell me if he's alive, sir. B-A-R-

Phillips: I can spell. I have signed more of these condolence letters today than I would care to count. But the name does sound familiar. I'm sorry.

Steve: What about the others? Are you planning a rescue mission?

Phillips: Yes, it's called "winning the war.

Steve: But if you know where they are, why not at least--

Phillips: They're 30 miles behind the lines through some of the most heavily fortified territory in Europe. We'd lose more men than we'd save. But I don't expect you to understand that because you're a chorus girl.

Steve: [[understand] I think I ] just fine.

Phillips: Well, then, understand it somewhere else. If I read the posters correctly, you got someplace to be in 30 minutes.

Steve: [looks on the map to see where the HYDRA base is located] Yes, sir, I do.

SS General Roeder: The Führer is not accustomed to being ignored, Herr Schmidt. He funds your research because you promised him weapons.

SS General Schneider: You serve at his pleasure. He gave you this facility as a reward for your injuries.

Schmidt: Reward? Call it what it is, exile. I no longer reflect his vision of Aryan perfection.

Roeder: You think this is about appearances? Your HYDRA division has failed to produce so much as a rifle in over a year. And we had learned through local intelligence you had mounted a full-scale incursion into Norway.

Schneider: The Führer feels, how does he put it? "The Red Skull has been indulged long enough!

Schmidt: [shows them to his lab; [blood; pulls sheet off a Tesseract-powered laser cannon] Gentlemen... you have come to see the results of our work, hmm? Let me show you. Hitler speaks of a Thousand-Year Reich, but he cannot feed his armies for a month. His troops spill their ] across every field in Europe, but still he is no closer to achieving his goals.

Roeder: And I suppose you still aim to win this war through magic?

Schmidt: [[Science; [forces] ], but I understand your confusion. Great power has always baffled primitive men. HYDRA is assembling an arsenal to destroy my enemies in one stroke, wherever they are, regardless of how many ] they possess, all in a matter of hours.

Roeder: Your enemies?

Schmidt: [[Earth; [gods] My weapons contain enough destructive power to decimate every hostile capital on ]. Quite simply, gentlemen, I have harnessed the power of the ].

Schneider: Thank you, Schmidt.

Schmidt: For what?

Schneider: For making it clear how obviously mad you are.

SS Major Hutter: [studies a map of all European capitals to be targeted, and sees one particular place] Berlin is on this map!

Schmidt: [aims the cannon at the SS officers] So it is.

Hutter: [Schmidt kills him and Schneider] You will be punished for your insolence! You will be brought before the Führer himself!

Roeder: [cornered at the locked door; gets vaporized by laser blast] SCHMIDT!

Schmidt: My apologies, Doctor, but we both knew HYDRA could grow no further in Hitler's shadow. Hail HYDRA.

HYDRA Scientists: Hail HYDRA!

Dr. Arnim Zola: [Schmidt looks to him and Zola reluctantly says] Hail HYDRA!

Steve: Who the hell are you?!

Heinz Kruger: [bites down a cyanide pill; froths at the mouth before he dies] The first of many. Cut off one head, two more shall take its place. Hail HYDRA!

Steve: Why me?

Erskine: [Displaying a bottle of schnapps; [Nazis; [World War I|war; [weak; [Adolf Hitler|Hitler; [w:Nazi symbolism|flags; [circle; [power; [myth; [fantasy; [real; [earth; [gods] I suppose that is the only question that matters. This is from Augsburg, my city. So many people forget that the first country the ] invaded was their own. You know, after the last ], my people struggled. They felt ]... they felt small. And then ] comes along with the marching, and the big show, and the ], and the-and the... And he hears of me, my work, and he finds me. And he says "You. You will make us strong." Well, I am not interested. So he sends the head of HYDRA, his research division, a brilliant scientist by the name of Johann Schmidt. Now, Schmidt is a member of the inner ] and he is ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult ] and Teutonic ]. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers. But for Schmidt, it is not ]. For him, it is ]. He has become convinced there is a great power hidden in the ], left here by the ], waiting to be seized by a superior man. So when he hears about my formula and what it can do, he cannot resist. Schmidt must become that superior man.

Steve: Did it make him stronger?

Erskine: [[good; [great; [Bad; [chosen; [strong; [power; [life; [respect; [value; [strength; [compassion] Yeah. But... there were other... effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the man. The serum amplifies everything inside, so... ] becomes ]. ]... becomes worse. This is why you were ]. Because the ] man who has known ] all his ], may lose ] for that power, but a weak man knows the ] of ], and knows... ].

Steve: Thanks. I think.

Erskine: [gesturing toward the schnapps; [perfect; [good; [man] Get it, get it. Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. You will stay who you are. Not a ] soldier, but a ] ].

Steve: [both men clank their glasses] To the little guys.

Erskine: [just realizing the schnapps could sabotage the test and takes it before Steve drinks it] No, no, wait, wait. What am I doing? No, you have procedure tomorrow. No fluids.

Steve: [Erskine pours Steve's schnapps into his own glass] Okay, we'll drink it after.

Erskine: [drinks the schnapps] No, I don't have procedure tomorrow. Drink it after? Drink it now.

Phillips: [[wars; takes a grenade and pulls the pin; tosses it to where the candidates are training] You don't win ] with niceness, Doctor. You win wars with guts. Grenade!

Steve: [dives on the grenade as the soldiers scatter; they soon realize it's just a training grenade and are amazed at Steve's bravery] Get away! Get back! Is this a test?

Phillips: [embarrassed; to Dr. Erskine; walks away] He's still skinny.

Erskine: [[Nazis] So... you want to go overseas? Kill some ]?

Steve: Excuse me?

Erskine: Dr. Abraham Erskine. I represent the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

Steve: [introduces himself and shakes his hand] Steve Rogers. Where are you from?

Erskine: [[Utopia] Queens. 73rd Street and ] Parkway. Before that, Germany. This troubles you?

Steve: No.

Erskine: [he looks into his files] Where are you from, Mr. Rogers? Is it New Haven? Or Paramus? Five exams in five different cities.

Steve: That might not be the right file.

Erskine: [[Nazis] No, it's not the exams I'm interested in. It's the five tries. But you didn't answer my question. Do you want to kill ]?

Steve: [[test] Is this a ]?

Erskine: Yes.

Steve: I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from.

Erskine: [[war; [chance] Well, there are already so many big men fighting this ]. Maybe what we need now is a little guy. I can offer you a ]. Only a chance.

Steve: I'll take it.

Erskine: [[Good] ]. So where is the little guy from? Actually?

Steve: Brooklyn.

Erskine: [he stamps his form with 1A] Congratulations, soldier.

Johann Schmidt/Red Skull: [standing before his army] Tomorrow, HYDRA will stand master of the world, borne to victory on the wings of the Valkyrie. Our enemies weapons will be powerless against us. If they shoot down one plane, hundreds more will rain fire upon them! If they cut off one head, two more shall take its place. Hail HYDRA.

Col. Chester Phillips: [[George S. Patton|General Patton; [men; [Adolf Hitler; [Hell] ] has said that wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by ]. We are going to win this war because we have the best men. And because they are gonna get better. Much better. The Strategic Scientific Reserve is an Allied effort made up of the best minds in the free world. Our goal is to create the best army in history. But every army starts with one man. At the end of this week, we will choose that man. He will be the first in a new breed of super-soldier. And they will personally escort ] to the gates of ].

Steve Rogers / Captain America: [First says after being repeatedly knocked down by a bully] I can do this all day.