Spider-Man 3 Quotes
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Peter Parker: Flint Marko. The man who killed Uncle Ben, he was killed last night.
Aunt May: Oh, my. What happened?
Peter Parker: Spider-Man killed him.
Aunt May: Spider-Man? I don't understand, Spider-Man doesn't kill people. What happened?
Peter Parker: I, uh... He... he was... I thought that - That you'd feel... He deserved it, didn't he?
Aunt May: I don't think it's for us to say whether a person deserves to live or die.
Peter Parker: But, Aunt May, he killed Uncle Ben.
Aunt May: Uncle Ben meant the world to us. But he wouldn't want us living one second with revenge in our hearts. It's like a poison. It can - It can take you over. Before you know it, turn us into something ugly.
Aunt May: Oh, my. What happened?
Peter Parker: Spider-Man killed him.
Aunt May: Spider-Man? I don't understand, Spider-Man doesn't kill people. What happened?
Peter Parker: I, uh... He... he was... I thought that - That you'd feel... He deserved it, didn't he?
Aunt May: I don't think it's for us to say whether a person deserves to live or die.
Peter Parker: But, Aunt May, he killed Uncle Ben.
Aunt May: Uncle Ben meant the world to us. But he wouldn't want us living one second with revenge in our hearts. It's like a poison. It can - It can take you over. Before you know it, turn us into something ugly.
Peter Parker: [coming down to Harry's side along with Mary Jane] Hey, pal. How you doing?
Harry Osborn: [sarcastically] Been better.
Peter Parker: We'll get you through this.
Harry Osborn: [shakes his head slowly] No.
Peter Parker: I never should have hurt you... said those things.
Harry Osborn: None of that matters, Peter. You're my friend.
Peter Parker: Best friend.
Harry Osborn: [sarcastically] Been better.
Peter Parker: We'll get you through this.
Harry Osborn: [shakes his head slowly] No.
Peter Parker: I never should have hurt you... said those things.
Harry Osborn: None of that matters, Peter. You're my friend.
Peter Parker: Best friend.
Flint Marko: [looks down at the crowd below] I didn't want this. But I had no choice...
Peter Parker: We always have a choice. You had a choice when you killed my uncle.
Flint Marko: My daughter was dying, I needed money.
[flashback: Flint knocks on the car window with a gun]
Flint Marko: I was scared. I told your uncle all I wanted was the car. He said to me "Why don't you just put down the gun and go home?" I realise now he was just trying to help me.
[Uncle Ben tells Flint to put down the gun and go home, just when Flint's partner exits a nearby building with the money]
Flint Marko: Then I saw my partner running over with the cash... and the gun was in my hand...
[he shakes Flint's arm - causing him to shoot Uncle Ben. Flint realizes this]
Flint Marko: I did a terrible thing to you, I spent a lot of nights wishing I could take it back.
[Flint's partner drives off with the car, but Flint stays by Uncle Ben's side]
Flint Marko: [to Peter] I'm not asking you to forgive me. I just want you to understand.
Peter Parker: I've done terrible things too.
Flint Marko: I didn't choose to be this. The only thing left of me now... is my daughter.
Peter Parker: [after a pause] I forgive you.
Peter Parker: We always have a choice. You had a choice when you killed my uncle.
Flint Marko: My daughter was dying, I needed money.
[flashback: Flint knocks on the car window with a gun]
Flint Marko: I was scared. I told your uncle all I wanted was the car. He said to me "Why don't you just put down the gun and go home?" I realise now he was just trying to help me.
[Uncle Ben tells Flint to put down the gun and go home, just when Flint's partner exits a nearby building with the money]
Flint Marko: Then I saw my partner running over with the cash... and the gun was in my hand...
[he shakes Flint's arm - causing him to shoot Uncle Ben. Flint realizes this]
Flint Marko: I did a terrible thing to you, I spent a lot of nights wishing I could take it back.
[Flint's partner drives off with the car, but Flint stays by Uncle Ben's side]
Flint Marko: [to Peter] I'm not asking you to forgive me. I just want you to understand.
Peter Parker: I've done terrible things too.
Flint Marko: I didn't choose to be this. The only thing left of me now... is my daughter.
Peter Parker: [after a pause] I forgive you.
Aunt May: How's Mary Jane?
Peter Parker: I don't know.
Aunt May: I never heard from you. Did you ever propose?
Peter Parker: You said a husband's gotta put his wife before himself.
[puts the ring in her hand]
Peter Parker: I'm not ready.
Aunt May: But what happened? You seemed so sure.
Peter Parker: Yeah. I, uh... I hurt her, Aunt May. I don't know what to do.
Aunt May: Well, you start by doing the hardest thing: You forgive yourself. I believe in you, Peter. You're a good person. And I know you'll find a way to put it right.
[places the ring on the TV]
Aunt May: In time.
Peter Parker: I don't know.
Aunt May: I never heard from you. Did you ever propose?
Peter Parker: You said a husband's gotta put his wife before himself.
[puts the ring in her hand]
Peter Parker: I'm not ready.
Aunt May: But what happened? You seemed so sure.
Peter Parker: Yeah. I, uh... I hurt her, Aunt May. I don't know what to do.
Aunt May: Well, you start by doing the hardest thing: You forgive yourself. I believe in you, Peter. You're a good person. And I know you'll find a way to put it right.
[places the ring on the TV]
Aunt May: In time.
Peter Parker: You're trash, Brock.
Eddie Brock: Excuse me?
Peter Parker: [Peter drops evidence on Eddie's desk revealing that his picture had been modified] Your picture's a fake.
Eddie Brock: Oh, Parker, you are such a boy scout. When are you going to give a guy a break?
Peter Parker: [Peter grabs Eddie and pushes him into his framed fake picture; Bugle workers all look at them] You want forgiveness? Get religion.
Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson: What's going on here?
Miss Brant: Are you guys all right?
Eddie Brock: Yeah. No, we - We're just horsing around.
[quietly to Peter]
Eddie Brock: Look, I'm begging you. If you do this, I will lose everything. There's not a paper in town that will hire me.
Peter Parker: You should've thought of that earlier.
Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson: What are you doing, Peter?
Peter Parker: [gives evidence to Robbie and walks away] Show this to your editor. Tell him to check his source next time.
Eddie Brock: Excuse me?
Peter Parker: [Peter drops evidence on Eddie's desk revealing that his picture had been modified] Your picture's a fake.
Eddie Brock: Oh, Parker, you are such a boy scout. When are you going to give a guy a break?
Peter Parker: [Peter grabs Eddie and pushes him into his framed fake picture; Bugle workers all look at them] You want forgiveness? Get religion.
Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson: What's going on here?
Miss Brant: Are you guys all right?
Eddie Brock: Yeah. No, we - We're just horsing around.
[quietly to Peter]
Eddie Brock: Look, I'm begging you. If you do this, I will lose everything. There's not a paper in town that will hire me.
Peter Parker: You should've thought of that earlier.
Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson: What are you doing, Peter?
Peter Parker: [gives evidence to Robbie and walks away] Show this to your editor. Tell him to check his source next time.
[first lines]
Peter Parker: [Narrating] It's me! Peter Parker! Your friendly neighborhood... You know. I've come a long way from becoming the boy who was bitten by a spider. Back then, nothing seemed to go right for me, and now...
Kid in Times Square: [pointing at a giant screen in Times Square] Hey look, it's Spider-Man!
Peter Parker: [Narrating] People really like me.
Peter Parker: [Narrating] It's me! Peter Parker! Your friendly neighborhood... You know. I've come a long way from becoming the boy who was bitten by a spider. Back then, nothing seemed to go right for me, and now...
Kid in Times Square: [pointing at a giant screen in Times Square] Hey look, it's Spider-Man!
Peter Parker: [Narrating] People really like me.
Flint Marko: [grabs Venom in mid-swing, thinking he's Spider-Man] End of the line, Spider-Man.
Venom: [roars in his face]
Flint Marko: [seeing it's not Spider-Man, tosses him aside]
Venom: I want him dead too, Flint. That's why I've been looking for you. Oh, yeah, I know all about you. Like the fact that Spider-Man won't let you help your poor daughter. It's just - That doesn't seem right to me. Look, I want to kill the spider, you wanna kill the spider. Together, he doesn't stand a chance. Interested?
Flint Marko: Yeah.
Venom: [roars in his face]
Flint Marko: [seeing it's not Spider-Man, tosses him aside]
Venom: I want him dead too, Flint. That's why I've been looking for you. Oh, yeah, I know all about you. Like the fact that Spider-Man won't let you help your poor daughter. It's just - That doesn't seem right to me. Look, I want to kill the spider, you wanna kill the spider. Together, he doesn't stand a chance. Interested?
Flint Marko: Yeah.
Miss Brant: [beeps on speaker phone, shaking desk] Your blood pressure, Mr. Jameson. Your wife told me to tell you to watch the anger.
J. Jonah Jameson: YOU TELL MY WIFE...
[calms down]
J. Jonah Jameson: [speaks into phone] Thank you.
[turns to Hoffman]
J. Jonah Jameson: Continue.
Miss Brant: [buzzes phone and shakes desk again] Time to take your pill.
Miss Brant: [buzz] Not that one.
Miss Brant: [buzz] Not that one.
J. Jonah Jameson: [points to jar of pills]
Miss Brant: [nods and buzzes phone] Drink plenty of water.
J. Jonah Jameson: [sigh] Thank you.
J. Jonah Jameson: YOU TELL MY WIFE...
[calms down]
J. Jonah Jameson: [speaks into phone] Thank you.
[turns to Hoffman]
J. Jonah Jameson: Continue.
Miss Brant: [buzzes phone and shakes desk again] Time to take your pill.
Miss Brant: [buzz] Not that one.
Miss Brant: [buzz] Not that one.
J. Jonah Jameson: [points to jar of pills]
Miss Brant: [nods and buzzes phone] Drink plenty of water.
J. Jonah Jameson: [sigh] Thank you.
Eddie Brock: Hey. I'm the new guy.
Spider-Man: New guy?
Eddie Brock: From now on, I am gonna be taking shots of you for the Bugle. So smile. Are you smiling? Just kidding.
Spider-Man: They got a guy.
Eddie Brock: Who, Parker? Um, yeah, look, just between you and me, guys kind of an amateur. Have you noticed his stuff makes you a little bloated? Just - Yeah, a little chunky.
Spider-Man: Okay.
Eddie Brock: But you don't have to worry about that, buddy.
Spider-Man: New guy?
Eddie Brock: From now on, I am gonna be taking shots of you for the Bugle. So smile. Are you smiling? Just kidding.
Spider-Man: They got a guy.
Eddie Brock: Who, Parker? Um, yeah, look, just between you and me, guys kind of an amateur. Have you noticed his stuff makes you a little bloated? Just - Yeah, a little chunky.
Spider-Man: Okay.
Eddie Brock: But you don't have to worry about that, buddy.
Flint Marko: I had a good reason for what I was doing. And that's the truth.
Emma Marko: You and the truth, sitting in prison, having three meals a day together. I live in the presence of great truth...
[points at her daughter's bedroom]
Emma Marko: ...and that is the truth that you left behind right there in that bedroom.
[Penny walks out of her room, Flint walks up to her]
Flint Marko: Penny. I missed you.
Penny Marko: I miss you too, Daddy.
Flint Marko: I promise I'll make you healthy again. Whatever it takes, I'll get the money.
Emma Marko: You get out of here. Now.
Flint Marko: [exits through the window] I'm not a bad person. Just had bad luck.
Emma Marko: You and the truth, sitting in prison, having three meals a day together. I live in the presence of great truth...
[points at her daughter's bedroom]
Emma Marko: ...and that is the truth that you left behind right there in that bedroom.
[Penny walks out of her room, Flint walks up to her]
Flint Marko: Penny. I missed you.
Penny Marko: I miss you too, Daddy.
Flint Marko: I promise I'll make you healthy again. Whatever it takes, I'll get the money.
Emma Marko: You get out of here. Now.
Flint Marko: [exits through the window] I'm not a bad person. Just had bad luck.
Houseman: [to Harry, upon his refusal to aid Peter] If I may, Sir, I've seen things in this house I've never spoke of... The night your father died, I... I cleaned his wound... the blade that pierced his body came from HIS Glider. I... I know you're trying to defend your fathers' honor, but there is no question that he died by his own hand. I loved your father, as I've loved you, Harry... as your friends love you...
J. Jonah Jameson: Parker? Parker, where - ? I need a photographer.
[looks at the girl with the camera]
J. Jonah Jameson: Hey, kid, you want a job?
Girl with Camera: Why would I wanna job? I'm just a kid.
J. Jonah Jameson: All right, how much for the camera?
Girl with Camera: One hundred bucks.
J. Jonah Jameson: A hundred bucks?
[looks up again]
J. Jonah Jameson: All right, you little crook. Here.
[gives the money to the girl and gets the camera]
J. Jonah Jameson: [tries to shoot, but the camera's empty] What the - ?
[looks at the girl]
Girl with Camera: Film's extra.
[looks at the girl with the camera]
J. Jonah Jameson: Hey, kid, you want a job?
Girl with Camera: Why would I wanna job? I'm just a kid.
J. Jonah Jameson: All right, how much for the camera?
Girl with Camera: One hundred bucks.
J. Jonah Jameson: A hundred bucks?
[looks up again]
J. Jonah Jameson: All right, you little crook. Here.
[gives the money to the girl and gets the camera]
J. Jonah Jameson: [tries to shoot, but the camera's empty] What the - ?
[looks at the girl]
Girl with Camera: Film's extra.
Harry Osborn: [after topping his drink with an olive, Harry realizes that Peter is standing behind him] Would you like a drink? I'm sorry. What was I thinking? Bad for the public image, right, Mr. Key-to-the-City?
Peter Parker: [referring to Mary Jane] What did you do to her?
Harry Osborn: [Harry takes a sip of his drink] II did what you failed to do. I was there for her. Mary Jane and I, we understand each other.
Peter Parker: She doesn't know what you are.
Peter Parker: Peter, she knows me very well. And when she kissed me, it was just like she used to kiss me. That taste... Strawberries.
Peter Parker: [referring to Mary Jane] What did you do to her?
Harry Osborn: [Harry takes a sip of his drink] II did what you failed to do. I was there for her. Mary Jane and I, we understand each other.
Peter Parker: She doesn't know what you are.
Peter Parker: Peter, she knows me very well. And when she kissed me, it was just like she used to kiss me. That taste... Strawberries.
Mary Jane Watson: Tell me again. Was I really good? I was so nervous. My knees were shaking.
Peter Parker: Your knees were fine.
Mary Jane Watson: The applause wasn't very loud.
Peter Parker: Yes, it was. Well, it's the acoustics. It's all about diffusion. It keeps the sound waves from grouping. You see when the sound waves, they propogate, then it's like an...
Mary Jane Watson: You are such a nerd.
Peter Parker: Your knees were fine.
Mary Jane Watson: The applause wasn't very loud.
Peter Parker: Yes, it was. Well, it's the acoustics. It's all about diffusion. It keeps the sound waves from grouping. You see when the sound waves, they propogate, then it's like an...
Mary Jane Watson: You are such a nerd.
Eddie Brock: [as Black Suited Spider-Man gets ready to plunge into the sewer and pursue Sandman] Whoa. Buddy, love the new outfit. This is exactly what I need to scoop Parker. Gimme - Give me some of that web action.
Spider-Man: [slings a string of web, grabs Eddie's camera and slams it against the wall breaking it] See ya, chump.
Eddie Brock: [shouts at Spider- man who is already jumped down the sewer] What the hell?
Spider-Man: [slings a string of web, grabs Eddie's camera and slams it against the wall breaking it] See ya, chump.
Eddie Brock: [shouts at Spider- man who is already jumped down the sewer] What the hell?
Peter Parker: Hey, Mr. Ditkovitch.
Mr. Ditkovitch: An orange?
Peter Parker: No, thanks. Listen, I'm really sorry for what happened earlier. I shouldn't have yelled about that door. It was nothing to be angry about.
Mr. Ditkovitch: Ah, it's no big deal. But if you feel that bad about it, you can buy me pizza some time. Today's good.
Peter Parker: Okay.
Mr. Ditkovitch: Problem with the phone?
Peter Parker: No, no. I was just - Well, I was trying to figure out what to say.
Mr. Ditkovitch: If it's a woman you're calling, then you say: "You're good woman. I'm good man..."
Peter Parker: [confused stare]
Mr. Ditkovitch: Hm?
Ursula: Hi, Pete.
Peter Parker: Hi.
Mr. Ditkovitch: He's calling a woman.
Ursula: Are you calling Mary Jane? I think that would be so good...
Mr. Ditkovitch: This is none of your business. Go. Go.
[to Peter]
Mr. Ditkovitch: Call.
Mr. Ditkovitch: An orange?
Peter Parker: No, thanks. Listen, I'm really sorry for what happened earlier. I shouldn't have yelled about that door. It was nothing to be angry about.
Mr. Ditkovitch: Ah, it's no big deal. But if you feel that bad about it, you can buy me pizza some time. Today's good.
Peter Parker: Okay.
Mr. Ditkovitch: Problem with the phone?
Peter Parker: No, no. I was just - Well, I was trying to figure out what to say.
Mr. Ditkovitch: If it's a woman you're calling, then you say: "You're good woman. I'm good man..."
Peter Parker: [confused stare]
Mr. Ditkovitch: Hm?
Ursula: Hi, Pete.
Peter Parker: Hi.
Mr. Ditkovitch: He's calling a woman.
Ursula: Are you calling Mary Jane? I think that would be so good...
Mr. Ditkovitch: This is none of your business. Go. Go.
[to Peter]
Mr. Ditkovitch: Call.
Norman Osborn: You've taken your eye off the ball...
[Harry looks around, wondering who said that; he walks slowly towards his father's portrait and gazes hard at it, and then all his memories return with a crash]
Norman Osborn: Remember me!
Harry Osborn: Yes, Father. I remember.
Norman Osborn: I was right about you, about Peter... about everything. You know what you must do. Make him suffer, make him wish he were dead. First, we attack his heart!
[Harry looks around, wondering who said that; he walks slowly towards his father's portrait and gazes hard at it, and then all his memories return with a crash]
Norman Osborn: Remember me!
Harry Osborn: Yes, Father. I remember.
Norman Osborn: I was right about you, about Peter... about everything. You know what you must do. Make him suffer, make him wish he were dead. First, we attack his heart!
Jennifer Dugan: There seems to be some kind of activity in the web. They seem to be creating some kind of gigantic lettering.
[made in web by Venom: "Spider-Man Stop Us If You Can"]
Jennifer Dugan: Apparently, Spider-Man's being challenged to some sort of confrontation. And that raises serious questions about what kind of chance he'd stand against such overwhelming...
[made in web by Venom: "Spider-Man Stop Us If You Can"]
Jennifer Dugan: Apparently, Spider-Man's being challenged to some sort of confrontation. And that raises serious questions about what kind of chance he'd stand against such overwhelming...
Peter Parker: It's me, Peter Parker. Your friendly neighborhood - you know. I've come a long way since I was the boy bit by a spider. Back then nothing seemed to go right for me. Now people really like me. The city is safe and sound. Guess I had a little something to do with that. My uncle Ben would be proud. I still go to school. Top of my class. And I'm in love. With the girl of my dreams.
