X2 Quotes
The X-Men band together to find a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the President's life, while the Mutant Academy is attacked by military forces.
Nightcrawler: You know, outside the circus, most people were afraid of me. But I didn't hate them. I pitied them. Do you know why? Because most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
Storm: Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago.
Nightcrawler: Someone so beautiful should not be so angry.
Storm: Sometimes anger can help you survive.
Nightcrawler: So can faith.
Storm: Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago.
Nightcrawler: Someone so beautiful should not be so angry.
Storm: Sometimes anger can help you survive.
Nightcrawler: So can faith.
Mitchell Laurio: Have a nice sleep, Lensherr?
Magneto: There's something different about you today, Mr. Laurio.
Mitchell Laurio: Yeah, I *was* having a good day.
Magneto: [gets up] No, it's something else...
Mitchell Laurio: Sit down.
Magneto: No.
Mitchell Laurio: [draws his club] I said, sit your ass down!
[He starts for Magneto, who holds up his hand. Laurio stops forcibly]
Mitchell Laurio: [gasps] What are you doing?
Magneto: Ah, there it is...
[He lifts his hand, and Laurio lifts into the air]
Magneto: Too much iron in your blood!
[He draws a cloud of iron particles out through Laurio's skin, and squeezes them into a set of ball bearings. Laurio collapses to the floor, unmoving]
Magneto: Mr. Laurio, never trust a beautiful woman. Especially one who's interested in you.
Magneto: There's something different about you today, Mr. Laurio.
Mitchell Laurio: Yeah, I *was* having a good day.
Magneto: [gets up] No, it's something else...
Mitchell Laurio: Sit down.
Magneto: No.
Mitchell Laurio: [draws his club] I said, sit your ass down!
[He starts for Magneto, who holds up his hand. Laurio stops forcibly]
Mitchell Laurio: [gasps] What are you doing?
Magneto: Ah, there it is...
[He lifts his hand, and Laurio lifts into the air]
Magneto: Too much iron in your blood!
[He draws a cloud of iron particles out through Laurio's skin, and squeezes them into a set of ball bearings. Laurio collapses to the floor, unmoving]
Magneto: Mr. Laurio, never trust a beautiful woman. Especially one who's interested in you.
[Wolverine approaches Stryker, chained to the outside of the dam, while carrying Artie in his arms]
William Stryker: Who has the answers, Wolverine? Those people? That creature in your arms? Huh? Huh?
[Wolverine looks at Artie, then takes off his "Wolverine" dog tag and throws it at Stryker's feet]
Wolverine: I'll take my chances with him.
[he turns and walks away]
William Stryker: One day, someone will finish what I've started, Wolverine!
[Artie looks over Wolverine's shoulder at Stryker, and sticks out his lizard tongue at him]
William Stryker: [shouts] One day!
William Stryker: Who has the answers, Wolverine? Those people? That creature in your arms? Huh? Huh?
[Wolverine looks at Artie, then takes off his "Wolverine" dog tag and throws it at Stryker's feet]
Wolverine: I'll take my chances with him.
[he turns and walks away]
William Stryker: One day, someone will finish what I've started, Wolverine!
[Artie looks over Wolverine's shoulder at Stryker, and sticks out his lizard tongue at him]
William Stryker: [shouts] One day!
[Pyro gets into a fight with some kids in the food court, and sets one's clothes on fire. Bobby puts it out with a jet of ice. Just as everyone is staring at them, they freeze. There is dead silence]
Rogue: Bobby, what did you do?
Bobby: I didn't do this.
Professor X: No, I did.
[Professor X. wheels up]
Professor X: And the next time you feel like showing off... don't.
Rogue: Bobby, what did you do?
Bobby: I didn't do this.
Professor X: No, I did.
[Professor X. wheels up]
Professor X: And the next time you feel like showing off... don't.
Magneto: Charles Xavier. Have you come to rescue me?
Professor X: Sorry, Eric. Not today.
Magneto: To what do I owe the pleasure?
Professor X: The assassination attempt on the president. What do you know about it?
Magneto: Nothing. Only what I read in the papers. You really shouldn't have to ask, Charles.
Professor X: What's happened to you?
Magneto: I've had frequent visits from William Stryker. You remember him, don't you?
Professor X: William Stryker.
Magneto: His son, Jason, was once a student of yours, wasn't he?
Professor X: Yes. Years ago. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to help him... at least not in the way his father wanted.
Magneto: And now you think that taking in the Wolverine will make up for your failure with Stryker's son. You haven't told him about his past, have you?
Professor X: I've put him on the path. Logan's mind is still fragile.
Magneto: Is it? Or are you afraid of losing one of your precious X-men... old friend?
Professor X: Eric, what have you done?
Magneto: I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it.
Professor X: What have you told Stryker?
Magneto: [sighs] Everything.
[gas emits]
Magneto: The war has begun.
Professor X: Scott!
Magneto: You should've killed me when you had the chance!
Professor X: Sorry, Eric. Not today.
Magneto: To what do I owe the pleasure?
Professor X: The assassination attempt on the president. What do you know about it?
Magneto: Nothing. Only what I read in the papers. You really shouldn't have to ask, Charles.
Professor X: What's happened to you?
Magneto: I've had frequent visits from William Stryker. You remember him, don't you?
Professor X: William Stryker.
Magneto: His son, Jason, was once a student of yours, wasn't he?
Professor X: Yes. Years ago. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to help him... at least not in the way his father wanted.
Magneto: And now you think that taking in the Wolverine will make up for your failure with Stryker's son. You haven't told him about his past, have you?
Professor X: I've put him on the path. Logan's mind is still fragile.
Magneto: Is it? Or are you afraid of losing one of your precious X-men... old friend?
Professor X: Eric, what have you done?
Magneto: I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it.
Professor X: What have you told Stryker?
Magneto: [sighs] Everything.
[gas emits]
Magneto: The war has begun.
Professor X: Scott!
Magneto: You should've killed me when you had the chance!
Dr. Sebastian Shaw: Look, I think all this anti-mutant protesting underscored the genuine growing concern among most Americans. I think mutant registration...
Dr. Hank McCoy: But why stop there? Maybe it would be easier to round up mutants by the truckload. Or maybe you'd like all-out war, Mr. Shaw.
Dr. Sebastian Shaw: Oh, please.
Dr. Hank McCoy: But why stop there? Maybe it would be easier to round up mutants by the truckload. Or maybe you'd like all-out war, Mr. Shaw.
Dr. Sebastian Shaw: Oh, please.
Pyro: So, they say you're the bad guy.
Magneto: Is that what they say?
Pyro: That's a dorky looking helmet. What's it for?
Magneto: This "dorky looking helmet" is the only thing that's going to protect me from the REAL bad guys.
[magnetically takes Pyro's lighter and lights it]
Magneto: What's your name?
Pyro: [staring at his lighter in Magneto's hands] John.
Magneto: What's your *real* name, John?
Pyro: [summons lighter's flame to his hand] Pyro.
Magneto: Quite a talent you have there, Pyro.
Pyro: I can only manipulate the fire
[flame disappears into Pyro's hand]
Pyro: I can't create it.
Magneto: You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different.
Magneto: Is that what they say?
Pyro: That's a dorky looking helmet. What's it for?
Magneto: This "dorky looking helmet" is the only thing that's going to protect me from the REAL bad guys.
[magnetically takes Pyro's lighter and lights it]
Magneto: What's your name?
Pyro: [staring at his lighter in Magneto's hands] John.
Magneto: What's your *real* name, John?
Pyro: [summons lighter's flame to his hand] Pyro.
Magneto: Quite a talent you have there, Pyro.
Pyro: I can only manipulate the fire
[flame disappears into Pyro's hand]
Pyro: I can't create it.
Magneto: You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different.
Magneto: His name is Colonel William Stryker, and he invaded your mansion for one purpose: he wanted Cerebro, or enough of it to build one of his own.
Dr. Jean Grey: But that doesn't make any sense. Stryker would need the Professor to operate it.
Magneto: Which I think is the only reason my old friend is still alive.
Storm: Oh my God...
[Storm, Jean Gray and Magneto exchange worried looks]
Wolverine: What are you all so afraid of?
Magneto: While Cerebro is working, Charles's mind is connected to every living person on the planet. If he were forced to concentrate hard enough on a particular group - let's say mutants, for example - he could kill us all!
Storm: Wait a minute, how would Stryker even know where to find Cerebro in the first place?
Magneto: ...Because I told him. I helped Charles build it, remember? Mr. Stryker has powerful methods of persuasion - even against a mutant as strong as Charles.
Dr. Jean Grey: But that doesn't make any sense. Stryker would need the Professor to operate it.
Magneto: Which I think is the only reason my old friend is still alive.
Storm: Oh my God...
[Storm, Jean Gray and Magneto exchange worried looks]
Wolverine: What are you all so afraid of?
Magneto: While Cerebro is working, Charles's mind is connected to every living person on the planet. If he were forced to concentrate hard enough on a particular group - let's say mutants, for example - he could kill us all!
Storm: Wait a minute, how would Stryker even know where to find Cerebro in the first place?
Magneto: ...Because I told him. I helped Charles build it, remember? Mr. Stryker has powerful methods of persuasion - even against a mutant as strong as Charles.
Cyclops: Everybody stand back.
Dr. Jean Grey: Scott no. His mind is connected to Cerebro. Opening the door, could kill him and everyone his mind is linked to.
Storm: Wait. Kurt, I need you to take me inside.
Cyclops: Storm, who is this guy? Who are you?
Nightcrawler: My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich Circus...
Storm: [puts her hand over Kurt's mouth] He's a teleporter.
Nightcrawler: I told you, If I can't see where I'm going...
Storm: I have faith in you.
Dr. Jean Grey: Don't believe anything you see in there.
Nightcrawler: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done...
[teleports]
Nightcrawler: ... on Earth as it is in heaven.
Dr. Jean Grey: Scott no. His mind is connected to Cerebro. Opening the door, could kill him and everyone his mind is linked to.
Storm: Wait. Kurt, I need you to take me inside.
Cyclops: Storm, who is this guy? Who are you?
Nightcrawler: My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich Circus...
Storm: [puts her hand over Kurt's mouth] He's a teleporter.
Nightcrawler: I told you, If I can't see where I'm going...
Storm: I have faith in you.
Dr. Jean Grey: Don't believe anything you see in there.
Nightcrawler: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done...
[teleports]
Nightcrawler: ... on Earth as it is in heaven.
[first lines]
Professor X: [voiceover] Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: Sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute.
Professor X: [voiceover] Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: Sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute.
Mystique: No one's left a scar quite like you.
Wolverine: What do you want - an apology?
Mystique: [bites him sexily on the ear] You know what I want.
[shifts into Storm, then Rogue]
Mystique: But what do you want?
[Wolverine pushes her off, then she transforms into Stryker]
Mystique: What do you *really* want?
Wolverine: I want you to leave.
[Mystique exits, glaring]
Wolverine: [under his breath] Jesus.
Wolverine: What do you want - an apology?
Mystique: [bites him sexily on the ear] You know what I want.
[shifts into Storm, then Rogue]
Mystique: But what do you want?
[Wolverine pushes her off, then she transforms into Stryker]
Mystique: What do you *really* want?
Wolverine: I want you to leave.
[Mystique exits, glaring]
Wolverine: [under his breath] Jesus.
Professor X: William.
William Stryker: Please, Xavier, don't get up.
[electronic static]
William Stryker: I call it the neural inhibitor. It keeps you outta here.
Professor X: What have you done with Scott?
William Stryker: Don't worry. I'm just giving him a little reeducation. Of course, you know all about that, don't you?
Professor X: William, you wanted me to cure your son. But mutation is not a disease.
William Stryker: You're lying. You were more frightened of him than I was. You know, just one year after Jason returned from your school... my wife - you see he resented us. He blamed us for his condition. So he would toy with our minds... projecting visions and scenarios into our brains. Well, my wife, in the end... she took a power drill to her left temple in an attempt to bore the images out. My boy, the great illusionist.
[crackling]
Professor X: For someone who hates mutants... you certainly keep some strange company.
William Stryker: Oh, they serve their purpose... as long as they can be controlled.
Professor X: You arranged the attack on the president.
William Stryker: You didn't even have to read my mind. You know, I've been working with mutants as long as you have, Xavier... but the most frustrating thing I've learned is that nobody really knows how many even exist or how to find them - except you. Unfortunately this little potion won't work on you, will it? You're much too powerful for that. Instead we'll go right to the source. Allow me to introduce mutant 143. The fluid secreted by his brain acts as a mind-controlling agent.
[machinery hissing]
William Stryker: But that's only where it begins.
Professor X: Jason. Oh, my God, William. This is your son. What have you done to him?
William Stryker: No, Charles! My son is dead... just like the rest of you.
[hissing continues, Xavier gasps]
William Stryker: Please, Xavier, don't get up.
[electronic static]
William Stryker: I call it the neural inhibitor. It keeps you outta here.
Professor X: What have you done with Scott?
William Stryker: Don't worry. I'm just giving him a little reeducation. Of course, you know all about that, don't you?
Professor X: William, you wanted me to cure your son. But mutation is not a disease.
William Stryker: You're lying. You were more frightened of him than I was. You know, just one year after Jason returned from your school... my wife - you see he resented us. He blamed us for his condition. So he would toy with our minds... projecting visions and scenarios into our brains. Well, my wife, in the end... she took a power drill to her left temple in an attempt to bore the images out. My boy, the great illusionist.
[crackling]
Professor X: For someone who hates mutants... you certainly keep some strange company.
William Stryker: Oh, they serve their purpose... as long as they can be controlled.
Professor X: You arranged the attack on the president.
William Stryker: You didn't even have to read my mind. You know, I've been working with mutants as long as you have, Xavier... but the most frustrating thing I've learned is that nobody really knows how many even exist or how to find them - except you. Unfortunately this little potion won't work on you, will it? You're much too powerful for that. Instead we'll go right to the source. Allow me to introduce mutant 143. The fluid secreted by his brain acts as a mind-controlling agent.
[machinery hissing]
William Stryker: But that's only where it begins.
Professor X: Jason. Oh, my God, William. This is your son. What have you done to him?
William Stryker: No, Charles! My son is dead... just like the rest of you.
[hissing continues, Xavier gasps]
Wolverine: How long have you been here?
Bobby: Couple of years, it's not so bad.
Wolverine: What about your parents, they just shipped you off to mutant school?
Bobby: Actually, my parents think this is a prep school.
Wolverine: Well, I guess lots of prep schools have their own campus, dorms, kitchens...
Bobby: Jets?
Bobby: Couple of years, it's not so bad.
Wolverine: What about your parents, they just shipped you off to mutant school?
Bobby: Actually, my parents think this is a prep school.
Wolverine: Well, I guess lots of prep schools have their own campus, dorms, kitchens...
Bobby: Jets?
Senator Kelly: [Mystique in disguise] Mr. Stryker, do you really want to turn this into some kind of war?
William Stryker: I was pilotin' Black Ops missions in the jungles of North Vietnam while you were suckin' on your mama's tit at Woodstock, Kelly. Don't lecture me about war. This already is a war.
William Stryker: I was pilotin' Black Ops missions in the jungles of North Vietnam while you were suckin' on your mama's tit at Woodstock, Kelly. Don't lecture me about war. This already is a war.
Nightcrawler: There was so much shooting, such fear and then there was only pain. I could see it all happening, but I couldn't stop myself. It was like a bad dream. Perhaps he is testing me.
Storm: And before you were in the white house, what do you remember?
Nightcrawler: Nothing. I was here.
Storm: Jean?
[Invites Jean to read his mind]
Dr. Jean Grey: I'd rather get him back to the professor.
Storm: And before you were in the white house, what do you remember?
Nightcrawler: Nothing. I was here.
Storm: Jean?
[Invites Jean to read his mind]
Dr. Jean Grey: I'd rather get him back to the professor.
Dr. Jean Grey: Why do you need us?
Magneto: Mystique has discovered plans of a base that Stryker's been operating out of for decades. Only we don't know where it is. We thought one of you might.
Wolverine: The professor already tried.
Magneto: [sighs] Once again, you think it's all about you.
[he looks up. They follow his gaze and see Nightcrawler perched in the trees above them]
Magneto: Mystique has discovered plans of a base that Stryker's been operating out of for decades. Only we don't know where it is. We thought one of you might.
Wolverine: The professor already tried.
Magneto: [sighs] Once again, you think it's all about you.
[he looks up. They follow his gaze and see Nightcrawler perched in the trees above them]
Little Girl 143: Hello. Who are you?
Storm: Professor, we're in trouble! You have to stop Cerebro now!
Little Girl 143: Who are you talking to?
Storm: [halting Nightcrawler from advancing towards the child] Stop! Don't get close to her.
Nightcrawler: But she's just a little girl.
Storm: No, she's not.
Little Girl 143: [smiles] I see you.
Storm: Professor, we're in trouble! You have to stop Cerebro now!
Little Girl 143: Who are you talking to?
Storm: [halting Nightcrawler from advancing towards the child] Stop! Don't get close to her.
Nightcrawler: But she's just a little girl.
Storm: No, she's not.
Little Girl 143: [smiles] I see you.
Sgt. Lyman: Sir, the Cerebro device has been completed according to your specifications.
William Stryker: Good.
[Lyman looks at the monitor showing the room where the mutant children are being held prisoner]
Sgt. Lyman: If I may ask, sir, why are we keeping the children?
William Stryker: I'm a scientist, Sgt. Lyman. When I build a machine, I want to make sure it's working.
William Stryker: Good.
[Lyman looks at the monitor showing the room where the mutant children are being held prisoner]
Sgt. Lyman: If I may ask, sir, why are we keeping the children?
William Stryker: I'm a scientist, Sgt. Lyman. When I build a machine, I want to make sure it's working.
