William Turner
I make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates.
5th most-quoted character in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): in 11 of its 96 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Jack Sparrow (3)
If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it. At least my conscience will be clear.
More lines from William Turner
7 quotes
William Turner
I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it!
William Turner
[Angry]
It's not your blood they needed. It was my father's blood... my blood... the blood of a pirate.
William Turner
My name is Will Turner! My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner! His blood runs in my veins.
William Turner
On my word, do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker!
William Turner
That is not true. I am not obsessed with treasure!
William Turner
Elizabeth... I should've told you this every day since the first day I met you: I love you.
Scenes with William Turner
3 scenes
Turner
I'm not a simpleton, Jack. You knew my father.
I knew him. Probably one of the few who knew him as William Turner. Everyone else just called him "Bootstrap" or "Bootstrap Bill".
Turner
"Bootstrap"?
Good man, good pirate. I swear you look just like him.
Turner
That's not true. He was a merchant sailor, a good and honest man who obeyed the law.
He was a bloody pirate! A scallywag.
Turner
My father was not a pirate! [threatens Jack with a sword]
Put it away, son. It's not worth you getting beat again.
Turner
You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement! In a fair fight, I'd kill you!
Well, that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then, is it? [turns the wheel rapidly, bringing a yard swinging around; Will ends up hanging onto it over the ocean] Now as long as you're just hanging there, pay attention. The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do, an' what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man, or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. Now, me for example. I can let you drown. But I can't bring this ship all the way into Tortuga all by me onsie, savvy? So- [swings the wheel again; the yard comes back and Will drops to the deck] Can you sail under the command of a pirate, or can you not?
Turner
Tortuga?
Tortuga.
William Turner
Jack?
Hector Barbossa
[stunned]
It's not possible.
Not probable.
Turner
Where is Elizabeth?
She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really... except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman.
Shut up! You're next!
James Norrington
You forget your place, Turner.
William Turner
It's right here. Between you and Jack.
As is mine.
Governor Swann Elizabeth. [to the Royal Marines] Lower your weapons. For goodness sake, put them down.
James Norrington
So, this is where your heart truly lies, then?
It is.
Well! I'm actually feeling rather good about this. I think we all arrived at a very special place eh? Spiritually. Ecumenically. Grammatically. [to Norrington] I want you to know that I was rooting for you, mate. Know that. [to Elizabeth] Elizabeth. It would never have worked out between us, darling. I'm sorry. [to Will] Will. Nice hat. [to all] Gentlemen, this will be the day you will always remember as the day you- [falls off the ledge]
