Giles: [interpreting Elisa] When he looks at me, the way he looks at me... He does not know, what I lack... Or - how - I am incomplete. He sees me, for what I - am, as I am. He's happy - to see me. Every time. Every day. Now, I can either save him... or let him die.
Strickland: [to Elisa] What'd you say to me?
Elisa: [in sign language] F - U - C - K
Strickland: What is she saying?
Elisa: Y - O - U
Zelda: Uh, I, I didn't catch it.
Strickland: [kicks the desk; pointing at Elisa] WHAT IS SHE SAYING?
Zelda: She, she is sayin' "Thank you"!
[first lines]
Giles: If I spoke about it - if I did - what would I tell you? I wonder. Would I tell you about the time? It happened a long time ago, it seems. In the last days of a fair prince's reign. Or would I tell you about the place? A small city near the coast, but far from everything else. Or, I don't know... Would I tell you about her? The princess without voice. Or
perhaps I would just warn you, about the truth of these facts. And the tale of love and loss. And the monster, who tried to destroy it all.
Giles: Oh! God, to be young and beautiful. If I could go back
[Elisa nods]
Giles: to when I was 18 - I didn't know anything about anything - I'd give myself a bit of advice.
Elisa: [in sign language] What would you say?
Giles: I would say: Take better care of your teeth and fuck a lot more.
[Elisa smiles and gently nudges him]
Giles: Oh no, no, that's very good advice.
Giles: We can do nothing! I'm sorry! But this, this, this is just - Oh God, it's not even human. God!
[Elisa follows Giles into the hallway and hits the wall to get his attention]
Giles: What?
Elisa: [in sign language] If we / do nothing / neither are we.
Giles: Y'know, uh - cornflakes were invented to prevent masturbation. It didn't work.
Hoffstetler: I'm not competitive, I don't want an intricate, beautiful thing destroyed!
[from trailer]
Strickland: The natives in the Amazon worshiped it. Like a god. We need to take it apart, learn how it works.
Giles: [to the Amphibian Man sitting in the bathtub] Have you always been alone?
[pause]
Giles: Did you ever have someone? Do you know what happened to you, do you? Because I don't. I don't know what happened to me.
[laughs]
Giles: I don't know! I look in the mirror and the only thing I recognize, are these eyes. In
this old man's face. You know sometimes I think I was either born too early or too late for my life. Maybe we're both just relics.