Snow White and the Huntsman Quotes
In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
The Huntsman: [to a sleeping Snow White] You deserved better. I once had a wife, Princess. Sara was her name. When I came back from the wars I carried with me the stench of death and the anger of the lost. I wasn't worth saving, that's for sure. She did so anyway. And I loved her so much. I loved her more than anyone or anything. Then I let her out of my sight and she was gone. And I became myself again. A self I never cared for. Until you. See, you remind me of her. Her heart, her spirit. But now you, too, have gone. You both deserved better and I'm so sorry I failed you. I'm so sorry. But you'll be a queen in Heaven now and sit among the angels.
[kisses Snow White]
[kisses Snow White]
[first lines]
The Huntsman: [narration] Once upon a time, in deep winter, a queen was admiring the falling snow, when she saw a rose blooming in defiance of the cold. Reaching for it she pricked her finger and three drops of blood fell. And because the red seemed so alive against the white she thought, "If only I had a child as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as a raven's wings, and all with the strength of that rose." Soon after a daughter was born to the queen and was named Snow White.
The Huntsman: [narration] Once upon a time, in deep winter, a queen was admiring the falling snow, when she saw a rose blooming in defiance of the cold. Reaching for it she pricked her finger and three drops of blood fell. And because the red seemed so alive against the white she thought, "If only I had a child as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as a raven's wings, and all with the strength of that rose." Soon after a daughter was born to the queen and was named Snow White.
The Huntsman: What the hell's going on? Who are you? Why does the Queen want you dead?
Snow White: She wants everyone dead. All of us!
The Huntsman: What makes you so damn valuable?
Snow White: You should know. You're the one hunting me.
The Huntsman: Forget it. I should have never got involved in the Queen's business.
Snow White: Where are you going?
The Huntsman: Getting away from you. You're trouble, is what you are.
Snow White: I need to get to the Duke's castle. There's an army there.
The Huntsman: Oh the Duke's army? Bunch of farmers with milkmaids and pitchforks. I know sheep that have more fight in them.
Snow White: I'm valuable. That's why you're here, isn't it? If you return without me you're dead. If you leave me I'm dead.
The Huntsman: Just for argument's sake, how much reward?
Snow White: However much is enough.
The Huntsman: At least thirty gold pieces.
Snow White: One hundred. Help me.
The Huntsman: Who are you?
Snow White: Maybe you should have asked the Queen that.
The Huntsman: I don't trust you.
Snow White: I've given you my word.
The Huntsman: I still don't trust you. But you have a deal.
Snow White: She wants everyone dead. All of us!
The Huntsman: What makes you so damn valuable?
Snow White: You should know. You're the one hunting me.
The Huntsman: Forget it. I should have never got involved in the Queen's business.
Snow White: Where are you going?
The Huntsman: Getting away from you. You're trouble, is what you are.
Snow White: I need to get to the Duke's castle. There's an army there.
The Huntsman: Oh the Duke's army? Bunch of farmers with milkmaids and pitchforks. I know sheep that have more fight in them.
Snow White: I'm valuable. That's why you're here, isn't it? If you return without me you're dead. If you leave me I'm dead.
The Huntsman: Just for argument's sake, how much reward?
Snow White: However much is enough.
The Huntsman: At least thirty gold pieces.
Snow White: One hundred. Help me.
The Huntsman: Who are you?
Snow White: Maybe you should have asked the Queen that.
The Huntsman: I don't trust you.
Snow White: I've given you my word.
The Huntsman: I still don't trust you. But you have a deal.
Snow White: [captured by the Huntsman] Will you help me? Please? Please, the Queen is going to kill me.
The Huntsman: Sure she is.
Snow White: She's going to rip out my heart!
Finn: Quick work! Well done, huntsman. Hand her over.
The Huntsman: What do you intend to do with her?
Finn: Why do you care?
The Huntsman: You want her give me what I was promised.
Finn: You did your job well. Now, keep your word.
Snow White: He'll kill us both.
The Huntsman: Shut up.
Snow White: He will!
The Huntsman: I said, shut up.
[points sword at Snow White]
The Huntsman: I'll keep my word when the Queen keeps hers. Where is my wife!
Snow White: He's going to betray you.
Finn: My sister has many powers. She can take life away or sustain it, but she can't bring your wife back from the dead, you fool!
The Huntsman: Sure she is.
Snow White: She's going to rip out my heart!
Finn: Quick work! Well done, huntsman. Hand her over.
The Huntsman: What do you intend to do with her?
Finn: Why do you care?
The Huntsman: You want her give me what I was promised.
Finn: You did your job well. Now, keep your word.
Snow White: He'll kill us both.
The Huntsman: Shut up.
Snow White: He will!
The Huntsman: I said, shut up.
[points sword at Snow White]
The Huntsman: I'll keep my word when the Queen keeps hers. Where is my wife!
Snow White: He's going to betray you.
Finn: My sister has many powers. She can take life away or sustain it, but she can't bring your wife back from the dead, you fool!
Snow White: Death favors no man. We must ride like thundering waves under the tattered battle flag of my father.
Duke Hammond: You must rest.
Snow White: We have rested long enough. Frost to fire and fire to frost. Iron will melt. But it will writhe inside of itself! All these years, all I've known is darkness. But I have never seen a brighter light than when my eyes just opened. And I know that light burns in all of you! Those embers must turn to flame. Iron into sword. I will become your weapon! Forged by the fierce fire that I know is in your hearts! For I have seen what she sees. I know what she knows. I can kill her. And I'd rather die today than live another day of this death! Who will ride with me? Who will be my brother?
Duke Hammond: You must rest.
Snow White: We have rested long enough. Frost to fire and fire to frost. Iron will melt. But it will writhe inside of itself! All these years, all I've known is darkness. But I have never seen a brighter light than when my eyes just opened. And I know that light burns in all of you! Those embers must turn to flame. Iron into sword. I will become your weapon! Forged by the fierce fire that I know is in your hearts! For I have seen what she sees. I know what she knows. I can kill her. And I'd rather die today than live another day of this death! Who will ride with me? Who will be my brother?
William: She hasn't changed. She has that same light inside her. You must see it.
The Huntsman: You'd be blind if you didn't.
William: I've thought about her every day since I lost her. I can hardly believe I found her.
The Huntsman: You should tell her how you feel. It'd be good for her.
William: No. I wouldn't know how.
The Huntsman: You not telling someone something like that and living with the regret is a lot worse.
The Huntsman: You'd be blind if you didn't.
William: I've thought about her every day since I lost her. I can hardly believe I found her.
The Huntsman: You should tell her how you feel. It'd be good for her.
William: No. I wouldn't know how.
The Huntsman: You not telling someone something like that and living with the regret is a lot worse.
Duke Hammond: We have word of the Princess. Ravenna has kept her all these years.
William: She lives?
Thomas: She escaped the castle and into the Dark Forest.
William: I'm going after her.
Duke Hammond: We don't know if she survived. William!
William: What?
Duke Hammond: You ventured beyond the castle walls again, disobeying my orders. You're all that's left. Don't you understand? I cannot afford to lose any more of my men.
William: I'm going alone.
Duke Hammond: I will not lose my only son. You don't know the Dark Forest.
William: Then I will find someone who does. I will not abandon her a second time!
William: She lives?
Thomas: She escaped the castle and into the Dark Forest.
William: I'm going after her.
Duke Hammond: We don't know if she survived. William!
William: What?
Duke Hammond: You ventured beyond the castle walls again, disobeying my orders. You're all that's left. Don't you understand? I cannot afford to lose any more of my men.
William: I'm going alone.
Duke Hammond: I will not lose my only son. You don't know the Dark Forest.
William: Then I will find someone who does. I will not abandon her a second time!
Muir: That seat's not taken, if that's what you were about to ask.
Snow White: I want to thank you.
Muir: It's only a log. There's no need to thank me.
Snow White: No, for before. For defending me.
Muir: Your father was a good man. The kingdom prospered. Our people prospered.
Snow White: There were more of you?
Muir: Aye.
Gort: Yeah. The men you see before you and many, many more went deep into the caves. We were noble gold miners because we could see the light in the darkness. Gus, you were just a boy but you remember. When we returned to the surface, there was nothing. The land was blackened. Everything, everyone was gone. Was dead.
Muir: That was the month your father died.
Snow White: I'm very sorry.
Snow White: I want to thank you.
Muir: It's only a log. There's no need to thank me.
Snow White: No, for before. For defending me.
Muir: Your father was a good man. The kingdom prospered. Our people prospered.
Snow White: There were more of you?
Muir: Aye.
Gort: Yeah. The men you see before you and many, many more went deep into the caves. We were noble gold miners because we could see the light in the darkness. Gus, you were just a boy but you remember. When we returned to the surface, there was nothing. The land was blackened. Everything, everyone was gone. Was dead.
Muir: That was the month your father died.
Snow White: I'm very sorry.
Snow White: Hello? Hello? What is your name?
Greta: I am Greta.
Snow White: What happened to you?
Greta: All the girls in our village were taken. I was trying to reach Duke Hammond's castle when I was caught.
Snow White: Duke Hammond? Is he alive? Does he still fight in my father's name?
Greta: You're the King's daughter. The night the King died we were told all in the castle were slain.
Snow White: William? Is the Duke's son still alive?
Greta: I don't know, Princess. What will they do to me?
Greta: I am Greta.
Snow White: What happened to you?
Greta: All the girls in our village were taken. I was trying to reach Duke Hammond's castle when I was caught.
Snow White: Duke Hammond? Is he alive? Does he still fight in my father's name?
Greta: You're the King's daughter. The night the King died we were told all in the castle were slain.
Snow White: William? Is the Duke's son still alive?
Greta: I don't know, Princess. What will they do to me?
Finn: Are you always awake when I watch you?
[touches Snow White]
Snow White: You've never come in before.
Finn: My sister won't allow it. She wants you all to herself.
Snow White: I'm afraid of her.
Finn: And not of me?
[leans closer to Snow White's face]
Snow White: No.
Finn: Fear not, Princess. You will never again be locked in this cell.
Snow White: What does she want from me?
Finn: Your beating heart.
[touches Snow White]
Snow White: You've never come in before.
Finn: My sister won't allow it. She wants you all to herself.
Snow White: I'm afraid of her.
Finn: And not of me?
[leans closer to Snow White's face]
Snow White: No.
Finn: Fear not, Princess. You will never again be locked in this cell.
Snow White: What does she want from me?
Finn: Your beating heart.
Beith: No, no, no Huntsman. No one's ever seen this before.
Duir: The white hart bows before the Princess, father.
Muir: He's blessing her.
The Huntsman: What are you talking about?
Muir: You have eyes, Huntsman, but you do not see. You, who have been with her the longest. She is life itself. She will heal the land. She is the one. Can't you feel it? Are your ailments not gone? Gold or no gold, where she leads I follow.
Duir: The white hart bows before the Princess, father.
Muir: He's blessing her.
The Huntsman: What are you talking about?
Muir: You have eyes, Huntsman, but you do not see. You, who have been with her the longest. She is life itself. She will heal the land. She is the one. Can't you feel it? Are your ailments not gone? Gold or no gold, where she leads I follow.
Young Snow White: You're so beautiful.
Queen Ravenna: That's kind, child. Especially when it's said that yours is the face of true beauty in this kingdom. This all must be difficult for you. I too lost my mother when I was a young girl. I can never take your mother's place, ever. But I feel that you and I are bound. I feel it there, your heart.
Queen Ravenna: That's kind, child. Especially when it's said that yours is the face of true beauty in this kingdom. This all must be difficult for you. I too lost my mother when I was a young girl. I can never take your mother's place, ever. But I feel that you and I are bound. I feel it there, your heart.
Queen Ravenna: Come and avenge your father who was too weak to raise his sword. Go on, watch them die. How does it feel knowing you were the one who led them to their deaths? You see? We're not that different, are we?
Snow White: I'm everything you're not.
Queen Ravenna: You cannot defeat me! I've lived too many lives. Ravaged entire kingdoms. I have been given powers that you could not even fathom! I will never stop. Never. I will give this wretched world the queen it deserves!
Snow White: I'm everything you're not.
Queen Ravenna: You cannot defeat me! I've lived too many lives. Ravaged entire kingdoms. I have been given powers that you could not even fathom! I will never stop. Never. I will give this wretched world the queen it deserves!
Queen Ravenna: My brother tells me you are a widower. A drunkard. And one of few who has ventured into the Dark Forest.
The Huntsman: Aye.
Queen Ravenna: One of my prisoners has escaped there.
The Huntsman: Then he's dead.
Queen Ravenna: She.
The Huntsman: She is certainly dead.
Queen Ravenna: Find her. Bring her to me.
The Huntsman: No, I've been to that forest. I'm not going back.
Queen Ravenna: You will be rewarded handsomely.
The Huntsman: What good is gold to me if I'm lying dead with the crows picking at my eyes? Why is she of such value?
Queen Ravenna: That is none of your concern.
The Huntsman: I'll determine what concerns me, thank you.
Queen Ravenna: [yelling] You will do this for me, huntsman!
The Huntsman: And if I refuse?
[guards point spears at him]
The Huntsman: Do me the favor, I beg of you.
The Huntsman: Aye.
Queen Ravenna: One of my prisoners has escaped there.
The Huntsman: Then he's dead.
Queen Ravenna: She.
The Huntsman: She is certainly dead.
Queen Ravenna: Find her. Bring her to me.
The Huntsman: No, I've been to that forest. I'm not going back.
Queen Ravenna: You will be rewarded handsomely.
The Huntsman: What good is gold to me if I'm lying dead with the crows picking at my eyes? Why is she of such value?
Queen Ravenna: That is none of your concern.
The Huntsman: I'll determine what concerns me, thank you.
Queen Ravenna: [yelling] You will do this for me, huntsman!
The Huntsman: And if I refuse?
[guards point spears at him]
The Huntsman: Do me the favor, I beg of you.
Queen Ravenna: How is it that an innocent, young girl makes a fool of my brother? Armed only with a nail. If she'd had a sword she would have taken my kingdom. Bring me the King's daughter and you let her slip right through your tiny little fingers. How? You swore that you would protect me! You swore! Now there's no one I can trust. No one! There's no loyalty, no loyalty. None! Not even from you!
Snow White: William. It's as if nothing's changed here. The world seems beautiful again.
William: It will be when you are queen. The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna with every fiber.
Snow White: I used to hate her. Now I feel only sorrow.
William: Once people find out you're alive they will rise up in your name.
Snow White: It takes more than a name.
William: You are your father's daughter. The rightful heir. If I had a choice I'd take you far away. Keep you safe by my side. But I have a duty and so do you.
Snow White: How do I inspire? How will I lead men?
William: The way you led me when we were children. I followed you everywhere. I ran when you called. I would have done anything for you.
Snow White: That's not how I remember it. We used to fight all the time. And argue.
William: It will be when you are queen. The people of this kingdom hate Ravenna with every fiber.
Snow White: I used to hate her. Now I feel only sorrow.
William: Once people find out you're alive they will rise up in your name.
Snow White: It takes more than a name.
William: You are your father's daughter. The rightful heir. If I had a choice I'd take you far away. Keep you safe by my side. But I have a duty and so do you.
Snow White: How do I inspire? How will I lead men?
William: The way you led me when we were children. I followed you everywhere. I ran when you called. I would have done anything for you.
Snow White: That's not how I remember it. We used to fight all the time. And argue.
Queen Ravenna: You see, child, love always betrays us. By fairest blood it was done and only by fairest blood can it be undone. You were the only one who could break the spell and destroy me. And the only one pure enough to save me. You don't even realize how lucky you are never to know what it is to grow old!
Queen Ravenna: Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is fairest of them all?
Mirror Man: My Queen, on this day one has come of age fairer even than you. She is the reason your powers wane.
Queen Ravenna: Who is it?
Mirror Man: Snow White.
Queen Ravenna: Snow White? She is my undoing? I should have killed her when she was a child!
Mirror Man: Be warned, her innocence and purity is all that can destroy you. But she is also your salvation, Queen. Take her heart in your hand and you shall never again need to consume youth. You shall never again weaken or age.
Queen Ravenna: Immortality. Immortality forever.
[yells]
Queen Ravenna: Finn! Brother, bring me the King's daughter.
Mirror Man: My Queen, on this day one has come of age fairer even than you. She is the reason your powers wane.
Queen Ravenna: Who is it?
Mirror Man: Snow White.
Queen Ravenna: Snow White? She is my undoing? I should have killed her when she was a child!
Mirror Man: Be warned, her innocence and purity is all that can destroy you. But she is also your salvation, Queen. Take her heart in your hand and you shall never again need to consume youth. You shall never again weaken or age.
Queen Ravenna: Immortality. Immortality forever.
[yells]
Queen Ravenna: Finn! Brother, bring me the King's daughter.
