Quotes from James McAvoy movies and TV shows - page 2 of 4

Tom Lefroy: I am yours. Heart and soul, I am yours. Much good that is.
Jane Austen: I will decide that.

Tom Lefroy: What rules of conduct apply in this rural situation? We have been introduced, have we not?
Jane Austen: What value is there in an introduction when you cannot even remember my name? Indeed, can barely stay awake in my presence.

Tom Lefroy: Good God. There's writing on both sides of those pages.

Tom Lefroy: Was I deficient in propriety?
Jane Austen: Why did you do that?
Tom Lefroy: Couldn't waste all those expensive boxing lessons.

Jane Austen: Tell me about your lady, Mr. Lefroy. From where does she come?
Tom Lefroy: She's from County Wexford.
Jane Austen: Your own country. Excellent. What was it that won her? Your manner, smiles and pleasing address?

Tom Lefroy: If you wish to practice the art of fiction, to be considered the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital.

Lucy Pevensie: [Holds out her hand.] Pleased to meet you Mr. Tumnus, I'm Lucy Pevensie.
[Mr. Tumnus looks at her hand curiously.]
Lucy Pevensie: Oh, you shake it.
Mr. Tumnus: Why?
Lucy Pevensie: I... I don't know.

Mary Surratt: So, what is it you wish to know?
Frederick Aiken: Why Booth and his associates were constants in your home.
Mary Surratt: I ran a boarding house, Mr Aiken. Forgive me if I chose to fill it with boarders.

Judge Wylie: You believe she's innocent?
Frederick Aiken: I don't know. But if we don't get a proper trial, we never will.

Joseph Holt: Inter arma, silent leges. "In times of war, the law falls silent."
Frederick Aiken: It shouldn't.

Frederick Aiken: If John Surratt was part of this conspiracy, I pray that he receives every punishment known to man. But if his mother can be convicted on such insufficient evidence, I tell you, none of you are safe.
Frederick Aiken: Members of the commission, do not permit this injustice to Mary Surratt by sacrificing our sacred rights out of revenge. Too many of us have laid down our lives to preserve them.

Frederick Aiken: I think she's as guilty as Booth. How can I possibly defend her?
Reverdy Johnson: You assume that she's guilty, like the Commission. You don't have any proof.
Frederick Aiken: Proof or no, don't give a damn what happens to her.
Reverdy Johnson: I tell you what. If you can prove that she's guilty, you can take yourself off the case.
Frederick Aiken: Thank you, sir.
Reverdy Johnson: You think it'll be that easy?
Frederick Aiken: I know it.

Frederick Aiken: Ma'am, all I know about you is what I read in the papers. It's not flattering.

Scott Summers: Tell me how to fix this, Charles! Tell me what to do.
Professor Charles Xavier: I don't know what to do.

Erik Lehnsherr: The world is on the brink.
Professor Charles Xavier: I'm sorry, I didn't stop this sooner.
Erik Lehnsherr: You're always sorry, Charles. And there's always a speech. But nobody cares.

Professor Charles Xavier: She'll kill us all.

Young Jean Grey: They say you can fix me?
Professor Charles Xavier: Jean, you are not broken.

Raven: Charles, what did you do?
Professor Charles Xavier: I had to keep her stable. I protected her.
Raven: From the truth? There's another word for that.

Bladesey: What made you join the Force?
Bruce Robertson: Police oppression, brother.
Bladesey: You wanted to stamp it out from the inside?
Bruce Robertson: No, I wanted to be a part of it.

Bruce Robertson: Happy Christmas and all that shite.