Will, how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?
Will
At least once more, Miss Swann, as always.
4th most-quoted character in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): in 12 of its 96 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Jack Sparrow (9), Mr. Gibbs (4)
Scenes with Will Turner
12 scenes
This girl... how far are you willing to go to save her?
Will Turner
I would die for her.
Oh, good. No worries, then.
[Jack throws a bucket of water on the sleeping Gibbs.]
Curse ya for breathin', ya slack-jawed idiot! [coughs, regains consciousness, and recognizes Jack] Mother's love. Jack! You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleepin'. It's bad luck!
Fortunately, I know how to counter it: The man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink; the man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking.
Will Turner
That was for the smell.
Anamaria.
Will Turner
[Anamaria slaps him.] [to Jack]
I suppose you didn't deserve that one either?
No, that one I deserved.
Anamaria
You stole my boat!
Actually–
[She slaps him again.]
Borrowed! Borrowed, without permission- but with every intention of bringing it back!
Anamaria
But you didn't!
You'll get another one!
Anamaria
I will.
Will Turner
[jumping in]
A better one!
Will Turner
[pointing to the Interceptor]
That one!
What one? [Will nods towards it] [angrily] That one?! [thinks quickly then turns to Anamaria, calmly] Aye, that one!
You, sailor.
Cotton, sir.
Mr. Cotton. Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death? [Pause] Mr. Cotton! Answer, man!
He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him... no one's yet figured how.
Parrot
[squawk]
Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!
Of course it does. [to Will] Satisfied?
Will Turner
Well, you've proven they're mad.
Will
How can we sail to an island that can't be found, with a compass that doesn't work?!
Aye, the compass doesn't point north- but we're not trying to find north, are we?
Will Turner
How is it that Jack came by that compass?
Not a lot's known about Jack Sparrow 'fore he showed up in Tortuga with a mind to go after the treasure of the Isla de Muerta. That was before I met him, back when he was captain of the Black Pearl.
Will Turner
What!? He failed to mention that.
He plays things closer to the vest now, a hard-learned lesson it was. You see, three days out on the venture, the first mate tells him that everything's in equal share. That should mean the location of the treasure too, so Jack gives up the bearings. That night, there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die, but not before he'd gone mad with the heat.
Will Turner
Oh... so that's the reason for all the...[Imitates Jack's odd moves]
Reason's got nothing to do with it. Now Will, when a pirate's marooned, he's given a pistol with a single shot. One shot. Well, that won't do much good hunting or to be rescued. But after three weeks of a starving belly and thirst, that pistol will start to look real friendly. But Jack, he escaped the island, and he still has that single shot. Oh, but he won't use it though, save on one man. His mutinous first mate.
Will Turner
Barbossa?
Aye.
Will Turner
How did Jack get off the island?
Well, I tell ye. He waded out in the shallows and he waited there three days and three nights, 'til all manner of sea creatures 'came acclimated to his presence. And on the fourth morning, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together, and made a raft.
Will Turner
[skeptically]
He roped a couple of sea turtles?
Aye, sea turtles!
Will Turner
...What did he use for rope?
Will Turner
What code is Gibbs to keep to if the worst should happen?
Pirate's Code. "Any man who falls behind is left behind."
Will Turner
No heroes amongst thieves, eh?
You know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates, you're well on your way to be coming one. Sprung a man from jail, commandeered a ship of the Fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga. [sees Will looking at coins shining in water] And you're completely obsessed with treasure.
Will Turner
That's not true, I'm not obsessed with treasure.
Not all treasure's silver and gold, mate.
[Jack shoots Barbossa] [To Jack, grinning]
Ten years, ya carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot.
Will
He didn't waste it. [drops bloody medallion in chest, lifting the curse]
[Barbossa opens jacket, revealing bloodstained shirt] [shocked]
I feel...cold. [slumps to ground and dies]
Will
[looks hurt]
You cheated!
Will
No!
Will
NO! I cannot just step aside and let you escape.
Will
You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement! In a fair fight, I'd kill you!
Well, then that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then, is it?
Will
This is either madness or brilliance.
It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.
