The Wolverine Quotes
When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
[during the credits]
[as Logan checks into an airport, he notices metallic items levitating. Suddenly, he is frozen and is confronted by Magneto]
Logan: What do you want?
Magneto: There are dark forces, Logan. Human forces building a weapon that could bring about the end of our kind. What do I want? I want your help.
Logan: Why would I trust you?
Magneto: You wouldn't.
[Magneto releases Logan. Logan sees that everyone around him is frozen]
Charles Xavier: [wheels up] Hello, Logan.
Logan: How is this possible?
Charles Xavier: As I told you a long time ago, you are not the only one with gifts.
[as Logan checks into an airport, he notices metallic items levitating. Suddenly, he is frozen and is confronted by Magneto]
Logan: What do you want?
Magneto: There are dark forces, Logan. Human forces building a weapon that could bring about the end of our kind. What do I want? I want your help.
Logan: Why would I trust you?
Magneto: You wouldn't.
[Magneto releases Logan. Logan sees that everyone around him is frozen]
Charles Xavier: [wheels up] Hello, Logan.
Logan: How is this possible?
Charles Xavier: As I told you a long time ago, you are not the only one with gifts.
Mariko: This is Mieko from the hotel and her grandson, Hitoshi.
Logan: Is he a doctor?
Mariko: In a matter of speaking, yes. He's a veterinarian... student. Large animal.
Logan: Thanks.
[Logan tries to shake the boy's hand and the boy draws back fearfully]
Logan: Whoa.
Mariko: You may have cut him once or twice while he was stitching you.
Logan: Is he a doctor?
Mariko: In a matter of speaking, yes. He's a veterinarian... student. Large animal.
Logan: Thanks.
[Logan tries to shake the boy's hand and the boy draws back fearfully]
Logan: Whoa.
Mariko: You may have cut him once or twice while he was stitching you.
Mariko: When I was a little girl, I had nightmares. I'd wake up and run to my parents. My father would get angry. "Go back to bed. Face your fears." My grandfather was different. He told me stories about Kuzuri, his friend. Who he met at the bottom of a well. He said the Kuzuri was magical and saved his life. He said Kuzuri would save me, too, as I slept in my bed. Who's Jean? Is she like you? What happened to her?
Logan: She died. I killed her. Along with the Kuzuri.
Logan: She died. I killed her. Along with the Kuzuri.
Noburo: Shingen! Shingen!
Logan: Keep going.
Noburo: Since he got sick... old man Yashida spent billions on doctors, healers. Stockpiling adamantium at his lab in the North... secretly trying to prolong his life. He brought the company to the edge of bankruptcy! He was obsessed with you!
[chatters at Yukio in Japanese]
Logan: [punches him] English!
Noburo: Shingen lied, protected the old man... concealed the debt from stockholders and the board. He tried to be a good son and thought he'd be rewarded.
Logan: And then the old man left everything to his granddaughter.
Yukio: [glares at Noburo] If Mariko got all the power, she would dump his ass.
Noburo: It's true... Mariko would have NEVER gone through with the wedding... not once the will was revealed... She never took to me...
Logan: Oh, really? A class act like you?
Noburo: Shingen promised me a fortune for my help.
Logan: So you put a hit on his daughter. Is that it?
Noburo: Political careers do not last forever...
Logan: That's right...
[grabs and hauls Noburo]
Noburo: Wait! Wait! No! You wanted the truth. I TOLD YOU THE TRUTH!
Logan: I didn't like it!
[hurls Noburo through a window]
Logan: Keep going.
Noburo: Since he got sick... old man Yashida spent billions on doctors, healers. Stockpiling adamantium at his lab in the North... secretly trying to prolong his life. He brought the company to the edge of bankruptcy! He was obsessed with you!
[chatters at Yukio in Japanese]
Logan: [punches him] English!
Noburo: Shingen lied, protected the old man... concealed the debt from stockholders and the board. He tried to be a good son and thought he'd be rewarded.
Logan: And then the old man left everything to his granddaughter.
Yukio: [glares at Noburo] If Mariko got all the power, she would dump his ass.
Noburo: It's true... Mariko would have NEVER gone through with the wedding... not once the will was revealed... She never took to me...
Logan: Oh, really? A class act like you?
Noburo: Shingen promised me a fortune for my help.
Logan: So you put a hit on his daughter. Is that it?
Noburo: Political careers do not last forever...
Logan: That's right...
[grabs and hauls Noburo]
Noburo: Wait! Wait! No! You wanted the truth. I TOLD YOU THE TRUTH!
Logan: I didn't like it!
[hurls Noburo through a window]
[Logan looks inside the Silver Samurai armor]
Yashida: Logan-san, don't look so shocked. With you at my side, I survived Nagasaki. Surely, I could survive this... It's all right. It won't take long. Dr. Green and I have been waiting. It's only this armor that's kept me alive. We built it to make me strong, so I can take what you would not give. And transfer your unwanted healing to my body. My legacy must be preserved. Your mistake was to believe that a life without end can have no meaning - it is the only life that CAN.
[he begins to start turning younger from the adamantium]
Yashida: Hold on... We are almost there! The peace, the peace you've wanted. Your reward. You know, I'm giving you the very death you longed for. This feeling to be invincible, like you...
Mariko: [stabs Yashida] You are a monster!
Yashida: Mariko, it's me! Your grandfather!
Mariko: [stabs him again] I buried my grandfather!
Yashida: Logan-san, don't look so shocked. With you at my side, I survived Nagasaki. Surely, I could survive this... It's all right. It won't take long. Dr. Green and I have been waiting. It's only this armor that's kept me alive. We built it to make me strong, so I can take what you would not give. And transfer your unwanted healing to my body. My legacy must be preserved. Your mistake was to believe that a life without end can have no meaning - it is the only life that CAN.
[he begins to start turning younger from the adamantium]
Yashida: Hold on... We are almost there! The peace, the peace you've wanted. Your reward. You know, I'm giving you the very death you longed for. This feeling to be invincible, like you...
Mariko: [stabs Yashida] You are a monster!
Yashida: Mariko, it's me! Your grandfather!
Mariko: [stabs him again] I buried my grandfather!
[Logan catches Noburo carousing with two strippers]
Logan: Call me old fashioned, but I thought being engaged meant you were done with this kind of bullshit.
Noburo: I am the Minister of Justice. Do you have any idea what I could do to you?
Logan: Really? You're gonna try and talk tough standing there in your red underwear?... You have ten words... TEN words... to explain to me why YOU, the Minister of Justice, would want your fiancée killed by the Yakuza. And if I don't like what you say, you're goin' through that window!
Noburo: You don't have the faintest idea what's going on...
[Logan punches Noburo]
Logan: How many words was that?
Yukio: Nine.
Logan: Nine... You have one word left.
Logan: Call me old fashioned, but I thought being engaged meant you were done with this kind of bullshit.
Noburo: I am the Minister of Justice. Do you have any idea what I could do to you?
Logan: Really? You're gonna try and talk tough standing there in your red underwear?... You have ten words... TEN words... to explain to me why YOU, the Minister of Justice, would want your fiancée killed by the Yakuza. And if I don't like what you say, you're goin' through that window!
Noburo: You don't have the faintest idea what's going on...
[Logan punches Noburo]
Logan: How many words was that?
Yukio: Nine.
Logan: Nine... You have one word left.
Logan: You the one who was attacked by the grizzly?
Red Beard: I'm the one that survived.
Logan: I'd like to buy this man a drink.
Red Beard: What's your name, mister?
[Logan sticks an arrow in the man's hand]
Logan: It's Logan. And that's a poison broadhead, which, last I heard, was illegal. Go ahead, ask me where I found it. Ask me.
Red Beard: Where did you find it?
Logan: Well, funny you should ask. I pulled it out of the back a grizzly. Whoever shot it, didn't have wind or the balls to track the animal properly and put it out of its misery. Instead of dropping a lethal dose of the poison it bled into the bear, made him crazy, killed five people.
Red Beard: I don't know what you're talking about. Because I don't dip my arrows in anything.
Logan: In that case, you got nothing to worry about.
Red Beard: I'm the one that survived.
Logan: I'd like to buy this man a drink.
Red Beard: What's your name, mister?
[Logan sticks an arrow in the man's hand]
Logan: It's Logan. And that's a poison broadhead, which, last I heard, was illegal. Go ahead, ask me where I found it. Ask me.
Red Beard: Where did you find it?
Logan: Well, funny you should ask. I pulled it out of the back a grizzly. Whoever shot it, didn't have wind or the balls to track the animal properly and put it out of its misery. Instead of dropping a lethal dose of the poison it bled into the bear, made him crazy, killed five people.
Red Beard: I don't know what you're talking about. Because I don't dip my arrows in anything.
Logan: In that case, you got nothing to worry about.
Young Yashida: Please. Take it. Thank you.
[gives a katana to Wolverine]
Young Yashida: No. Two hands. Japanese sword require two hands.
Logan: Like that?
Young Yashida: That's it.
Logan: It's beautiful, Yashida. But I can't take it.
Young Yashida: Please. Take it. Thank you.
Logan: Keep it safe. Keep it safe for me. Someday, I'll come get it.
[gives a katana to Wolverine]
Young Yashida: No. Two hands. Japanese sword require two hands.
Logan: Like that?
Young Yashida: That's it.
Logan: It's beautiful, Yashida. But I can't take it.
Young Yashida: Please. Take it. Thank you.
Logan: Keep it safe. Keep it safe for me. Someday, I'll come get it.
Viper: I'm sorry, I wish I could say more, but I was hired in part for my discretion.
Logan: I'm sure you were.
Viper: That and a certain talent for combining biochemistry and metaphysics. High-grade toxins are my specialty. It helps to be genetically immune to every poison known to man, as I am. And immune to the toxin that is man himself as I am.
Logan: I'll tell you what, you twisted mutant bitch, why don't you open these bracelets and we'll see who's made of what?
[Logan pops his claws trying to break the bracelets]
Viper: The claws. Now we can begin.
Logan: I'm sure you were.
Viper: That and a certain talent for combining biochemistry and metaphysics. High-grade toxins are my specialty. It helps to be genetically immune to every poison known to man, as I am. And immune to the toxin that is man himself as I am.
Logan: I'll tell you what, you twisted mutant bitch, why don't you open these bracelets and we'll see who's made of what?
[Logan pops his claws trying to break the bracelets]
Viper: The claws. Now we can begin.
[Logan sees a device on his heart]
Logan: I gotta get this thing out of me!
Yukio: How?... No, Logan. I saw you die. I'm never wrong. I'm never wrong!
Logan: You're not always right. You didn't know the old man was gonna bite it.
Yukio: I saw you die in a room like this with your heart in your hand!
Logan: I can't leave her with those freaks and killers, Yuk. I'm the only chance she's got - but not with that thing inside me!
Yukio: You're going to die, Logan!
Logan: Maybe that's okay...
[he cuts open his chest]
Yukio: No, listen to me, Logan! No! Stop! Logan!
Logan: You're not gonna want to watch this part...
[Logan reaches into his chest for the device on his heart]
Logan: I gotta get this thing out of me!
Yukio: How?... No, Logan. I saw you die. I'm never wrong. I'm never wrong!
Logan: You're not always right. You didn't know the old man was gonna bite it.
Yukio: I saw you die in a room like this with your heart in your hand!
Logan: I can't leave her with those freaks and killers, Yuk. I'm the only chance she's got - but not with that thing inside me!
Yukio: You're going to die, Logan!
Logan: Maybe that's okay...
[he cuts open his chest]
Yukio: No, listen to me, Logan! No! Stop! Logan!
Logan: You're not gonna want to watch this part...
[Logan reaches into his chest for the device on his heart]
Logan: You said you knew the future of those assholes in the bar.
Yukio: I know they are going to die. We are all going to die.
Logan: You said they would die in the same truck, in a week. If you're right, that's quite a talent.
Yukio: We don't all have claws.
Logan: So, do I die on this plane?
Yukio: No. Not on this plane.
Yukio: I know they are going to die. We are all going to die.
Logan: You said they would die in the same truck, in a week. If you're right, that's quite a talent.
Yukio: We don't all have claws.
Logan: So, do I die on this plane?
Yukio: No. Not on this plane.
Logan: So, where are we headed, Mariko?
[Mariko doesn't answer]
Logan: Where are we going?
Mariko: I'm going to the end of the line. My family has a home in the South.
Logan: That's stupid. No offense, but they're gonna know to look for you there.
Mariko: Not this place.
Logan: Look, you wanna be left alone?
Mariko: Yes.
Logan: I understand.
Mariko: Do you?
Logan: Oh, yeah. Trust me. Problem is, if I do that, I don't think you're gonna live to see the end of the day. You can't pretend shit isn't happening when it is, Princess, unless you want to die. In that case, you're playing this perfectly.
[Mariko doesn't answer]
Logan: Where are we going?
Mariko: I'm going to the end of the line. My family has a home in the South.
Logan: That's stupid. No offense, but they're gonna know to look for you there.
Mariko: Not this place.
Logan: Look, you wanna be left alone?
Mariko: Yes.
Logan: I understand.
Mariko: Do you?
Logan: Oh, yeah. Trust me. Problem is, if I do that, I don't think you're gonna live to see the end of the day. You can't pretend shit isn't happening when it is, Princess, unless you want to die. In that case, you're playing this perfectly.
Logan: I'll never hurt you or anyone ever again. I made a vow.
Jean Grey: A solemn vow?
Logan: You're making fun of me.
Jean Grey: It's too late.
[notices he stabbed Jean]
Logan: No! No, Jean! No, no, no! Please!
Jean Grey: You can't hide.
Logan: No, no, no! Please!
Jean Grey: You can't hide!
Logan: No, Jean! No!
Jean Grey: A solemn vow?
Logan: You're making fun of me.
Jean Grey: It's too late.
[notices he stabbed Jean]
Logan: No! No, Jean! No, no, no! Please!
Jean Grey: You can't hide.
Logan: No, no, no! Please!
Jean Grey: You can't hide!
Logan: No, Jean! No!
Yashida: Eternity can be a curse. It hasn't been easy for your, living without time. The losses you have had to suffer. A man can run out of things to live for. Lose his purpose. Become a ronin. A samurai without a master. I can end your eternity. Make you mortal.
Logan: What they did to me, what I am, can't be undone.
Yashida: Yashida Industries can do anything. We have reason to believe your ability to heal can be passed.
Logan: Passed?
Yashida: From you to another. You have struggled long enough, Logan.
Logan: I'm confused. I cam here to say goodbye to a man I once knew.
Yashida: I am the same man. I was not ready to die then. I am not ready to die now. But you are, aren't you?
Logan: Are you offering to kill me?
Yashida: No. Not right away. You can live an ordinary life. Fall in love, have a family, grow old. And one day, die an ordinary death. It can be done.
Logan: Yeah, look, nice to see you again. Sorry you got sick.
Logan: What they did to me, what I am, can't be undone.
Yashida: Yashida Industries can do anything. We have reason to believe your ability to heal can be passed.
Logan: Passed?
Yashida: From you to another. You have struggled long enough, Logan.
Logan: I'm confused. I cam here to say goodbye to a man I once knew.
Yashida: I am the same man. I was not ready to die then. I am not ready to die now. But you are, aren't you?
Logan: Are you offering to kill me?
Yashida: No. Not right away. You can live an ordinary life. Fall in love, have a family, grow old. And one day, die an ordinary death. It can be done.
Logan: Yeah, look, nice to see you again. Sorry you got sick.
Yukio: I saw you die.
Logan: What?
Yukio: I saw you die.
Logan: What? Just now?
Yukio: A while ago. But it's not like I get a complete picture. More like looking through a keyhole. But I'm always right. All I can see is one part of a person's life... their death. And I saw yours.
Logan: So, what did you see?
Yukio: I see you on your back. There's blood everywhere. You're holding your own heart in your hand. It's not beating.
Logan: [opens car door] I don't have time for this shit.
Logan: What?
Yukio: I saw you die.
Logan: What? Just now?
Yukio: A while ago. But it's not like I get a complete picture. More like looking through a keyhole. But I'm always right. All I can see is one part of a person's life... their death. And I saw yours.
Logan: So, what did you see?
Yukio: I see you on your back. There's blood everywhere. You're holding your own heart in your hand. It's not beating.
Logan: [opens car door] I don't have time for this shit.
Logan: So the other night at the house, when you uh... ran out in the rain, what did mean?
Mariko: My grandfather was dying.
Logan: You knew he was gonna die, he'd been sick for a long time.
Mariko: It wasn't his death I feared.
Logan: What then?
Logan: What did he tell you that night? Mariko, why did your father hit you?
Mariko: I was trying to warn him.
Logan: About what? What did your grandfather tell you?
Mariko: He told me... that in three days, when they read his will I will become the most powerful person in Japan. He gave it all to me.
Logan: The company.
Mariko: I didn't want it. He knew that. I don't understand why he gave it to me. It was all my father dreamed of.
Logan: And that's why.
Mariko: My grandfather was dying.
Logan: You knew he was gonna die, he'd been sick for a long time.
Mariko: It wasn't his death I feared.
Logan: What then?
Logan: What did he tell you that night? Mariko, why did your father hit you?
Mariko: I was trying to warn him.
Logan: About what? What did your grandfather tell you?
Mariko: He told me... that in three days, when they read his will I will become the most powerful person in Japan. He gave it all to me.
Logan: The company.
Mariko: I didn't want it. He knew that. I don't understand why he gave it to me. It was all my father dreamed of.
Logan: And that's why.
Yukio: I've been trying to find you for over a year.
Logan: Why?
Yukio: [refers to samurai sword] To give you that. My employer wanted you to have it.
Logan: Who's your employer?
Yukio: Master Yashida. He said it belongs to you, and that he's paying all debts. Master Yashida is dying. He wants to thank you for saving his life all those years ago. He knows that you are a... busy man. But he very much wants to say his goodbye in person.
Logan: All right, where is he?
Yukio: Tokyo.
Logan: Wait... I'm not going to Japan.
Yukio: It would be dishonorable for you to refuse his request.
Logan: Well, apologize to Mr. Yashida, I'm not going to Tokyo. All right? I've got things to do.
Yukio: Do not apologize. It's been an honor just to meet the Wolverine.
Logan: That's not who I am anymore, you understand?
Logan: Why?
Yukio: [refers to samurai sword] To give you that. My employer wanted you to have it.
Logan: Who's your employer?
Yukio: Master Yashida. He said it belongs to you, and that he's paying all debts. Master Yashida is dying. He wants to thank you for saving his life all those years ago. He knows that you are a... busy man. But he very much wants to say his goodbye in person.
Logan: All right, where is he?
Yukio: Tokyo.
Logan: Wait... I'm not going to Japan.
Yukio: It would be dishonorable for you to refuse his request.
Logan: Well, apologize to Mr. Yashida, I'm not going to Tokyo. All right? I've got things to do.
Yukio: Do not apologize. It's been an honor just to meet the Wolverine.
Logan: That's not who I am anymore, you understand?
Logan: What about this fiancé of yours, Nostromo?
Mariko: Noburo.
Logan: Does he know about this?
Mariko: No.
Logan: Why are you marrying him? He seems like kind of an asshole.
Mariko: My father arranged it, last year.
Logan: What?
Mariko: It gives him better access to the political theater. To disobey my father would be to dishonor him. I don't expect you to understand. You are not Japanese.
Mariko: Noburo.
Logan: Does he know about this?
Mariko: No.
Logan: Why are you marrying him? He seems like kind of an asshole.
Mariko: My father arranged it, last year.
Logan: What?
Mariko: It gives him better access to the political theater. To disobey my father would be to dishonor him. I don't expect you to understand. You are not Japanese.
