Eric Lensherr/Magneto [first lines]
I still don't know why I'm here.
2nd most-quoted character in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): in 20 of its 91 quotes
Most scenes with: Logan/Wolverine (2), Pyro (2)
They wish to cure us. But I say, we are the cure.
More lines from Eric Lensherr/Magneto
11 quotes Eric Lensherr/Magneto Eric Lensherr/Magneto [After moving the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz]
Charles always wanted to build bridges.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [Regarding Mystique - after she is depowered]
It's a shame. She was so beautiful.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [holds back Juggernaut and Pyro]
In chess, the pawns go first.
[The humans start shooting. Magneto tries to take control of the guns] Humans and their guns.
[His efforts are useless on the plastic weapons] Plastic, they've learned.
[Seeing his first wave depowered by the Army's "cure" weapons] That's why the pawns go first.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [The X-Men stand with the troops at Alcatraz]
Traitors to their own cause.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [Seeing Jean Grey out of control on Alcatraz]
What have I done?
Eric Lensherr/Magneto It's time to end this war [Begins tossing vehicles at the troops and X-Men as Pyro ignites them]
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [To Jean - as he reacts to the cure]
This is what they wanted for all of us.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto Charles Xavier did more for mutants than you will ever know. My single greatest regret is that he had to die for our dream to live.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [To Xavier as Jean shows off her powers]
I like this one.
Eric Lensherr/Magneto [Talking to the mutant gathering]
Nobody ever talks about it. They just do it. And one day when the air is still and the night has fallen, they will come for you...
Scenes with Eric Lensherr/Magneto
8 scenes
Mutant Theatre Organizer This cure is voluntary. Nobody's is talking about extermination.
Magneto No one ever talks about it. They just do it. And you go on with your lives, ignoring the signs all around you. And then one day, when the air is still and the night is fallen, they come for you.
Mutant Theatre Organizer [interrupting]
Excuse me-
Magneto Only then do you realize that while you're talking about organizing and committees, the extermination has already begun. Make no mistake, my brothers, they will draw first blood. They will force their cure upon us. There is only one question you must answer: Who will you stand with, the humans or us?
Quill
[to Magneto]
You talk pretty tough for a guy in a cape.
Callisto You're so proud of being a mutant, where's your mark?
Magneto I have been marked once, my dear and let me assure you, no needle shall ever touch my skin again. [pulls up sleeve to reveal tattoos from his time in a Nazi Concentration Camp]
Do you know who you're talking to?
Kid Omega [spikes protrude from his face]
Do you?
Magneto [Pyro smiles] [to Callisto]
And what can you do? [Callisto moves to three separate locations at near light-speed.]
Magneto So, you have talents.
Callisto That and more, I know that you control metal, and I know there are eighty-seven mutants in here and none above a class 3, other than you two.
Magneto You can sense other mutants and their powers?
Callisto Mm-hmm.
Magneto Could you locate one for me?
Magneto [Colossus throws Wolverine at Magneto (The Fastball Special) who stops Wolverine with his powers]
You never learn, do you?
Actually, I do.
Magneto [Beast approaches from behind and injects a triple dose of "the cure" into Magneto]
I'm-
'bout time.
Magneto Did you find what you were looking for?
The source of the cure is a mutant, a child at Worthington labs. Without him they have nothing.
I'm not leaving here without her!
Magneto Yes, you are! [blasts Logan through the trees]
Listen to this: "Prisoner is to be kept immobile at all times. If he gets any momentum, no object can stop him."
Magneto What do they call you?
Juggernaut.
Magneto I can't imagine why.
Let me out of here. I gotta pee!
Mutant Theatre Organizer How should we, as mutants, respond? Here's what I think. This is about getting organized. Bringing our complaints to the right people. We need to put together a committee and talk to the government.
Mutant Theatre Organizer [The mutant crowd began to complain.]
They don't understand. They don't know what it means to be a mutant. We need to show them, educate them, let them know that we're here to stay.
Mutant Theatre Organizer [The mutants complain further.]
People, you must listen. They won't take us seriously–
Psylocke They want to exterminate us!
Mutant Theatre Organizer This cure is voluntary. Nobody's talking about extermination.–
Magneto No one ever talks about it.
Magneto [The mutant group turns to Magneto and Pyro. They stood up and stumble.]
They just do it. And you go on with your lives, ignoring the signs all around you. [both walk to the stage] And then one day, when the air is still and the night is fallen, they come for you.
Mutant Theatre Organizer [interrupting]
Excuse me–
Magneto Only then do you realize that while you're talking about organizing and committees, the extermination has already begun. Make no mistake, my brothers, they will draw first blood. They will force their cure upon us. The only question is, will you join my brotherhood and fight or await the inevitable genocide. Who will you stand with, the humans or us? [walks away with Pyro following]
Magneto Do you remember when we first met? Do you know what I saw when I looked at you? I saw the next stage of evolution both Charles and I dreamt of finding. And I thought to myself "Why would Charles want to turn this goddess into a mortal?" [he shows the cure gun to Jean] I can manipulate the metal in this, but you, you can do anything. Anything you can think of.
Magneto [At this, Jean uses her telekinesis to break the gun into pieces, then directs the cure darts towards Magneto and moves them towards him] [afraid]
Jean, enough. ENOUGH! [At the last moment, Jean stops, then turns to face Magneto with a sneer]
Magneto Jean, he wanted to hold you back.
What do you want?
Magneto I want you to be what you are. As nature intended.
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