X2 (2003)
Ian McKellen: Eric Lehnsherr, Magneto
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Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Magneto : [Magneto uses his power to stop the X-Jet from crashing] When will these people learn how to fly?
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[Rogue sees Magneto and Mystique talking, then they notice her]
Magneto : We love what you've done with your hair.
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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.
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[Cyclops, under Stryker's mind control, attacks Jean, Magneto, and Mystique]
Dr. Jean Grey : Go! I'll handle him!
Magneto : [to Mystique] This is one lovers' quarrel we cannot get involved in, my dear.
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[Stryker comes to interrogate Magneto]
Magneto : Ah, Mr. Stryker! Come to see that American tax dollars are keeping me comfortable?
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Magneto : [approaching an incapacitated Xavier] How does it look from there Charles? Still fighting the good fight? From here it looks like they're not playing by your rules... Maybe it's time to play by theirs!
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[to Wolverine]
Magneto : The professor thought you would be able to figure it out on your own. He gives you more credit than I do.
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Magneto : A war is brewing...
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Magneto : Mr Stryker. Funny, we keep running into each other. Mark my words: it will never happen again.
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[to Logan, about Cerebro]
Magneto : What do you intend to do, scratch it with your claws?
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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]
