Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quotes

Jacob Kowalski: Uh, Mr. Scamander?
Newt Scamander: Oh, call me Newt.
Jacob Kowalski: Newt. I don't think I'm dreaming.
Newt Scamander: [mildly amused]What gave it away?
Jacob Kowalski: I ain't got the brains to make this up.

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[from trailer] Porpentina Goldstein: You wiped his memory, right? The No-Maj.
Newt Scamander: The what?
Porpentina Goldstein: No magic. The non-wizard!
Newt Scamander: Sorry. We call them Muggles.

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Newt Scamander: I need to get going. Find everyone who's escaped, before they get hurt.
Jacob Kowalski: Before they get hurt?
Newt Scamander: Yes, Mr. Kowalski. For they're currently in alien terrain surrounded by millions of the most vicious creatures on the planet... Humans.

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Queenie: [to Newt Scamander]She was a taker... You need a giver.

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Jacob Kowalski: [standing at the apparently empty bar]How does a guy get a drink in this joint? [a bottle pops off the shelf and flies into his hand]
Bartender: [behind the bar]What? Ain't you ever seen a house-elf before?
Jacob Kowalski: [covering]Oh, no, no, of course I have. I love house-elves. My uncle's a house elf.
Bartender: [scoffs]Yeah...

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Newt Scamander: [hands Jacob a helmet]Put this on.
Jacob Kowalski: But why would I have to wear something like this?
Newt Scamander: Because your skull is susceptible to breakage under immense force.

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Mary Lou: Are you a seeker? A seeker after truth?
Newt Scamander: I'm more of a chaser, really.

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Grindelwald: [to Newt]Will we die just a little?

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Jacob Kowalski: [talking to himself]What did you do today, Jacob? [laughs]
Jacob Kowalski: I was inside a suitcase.

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Jacob Kowalski: Did... Did you say school? Is there a school? A wizardry school here in, uh, America?
Queenie: Of course. Ilvermorny. It's only *the* best wizard school in the whole world.
Newt Scamander: I think you'll find the best wizarding school in the world is Hogwarts.
Queenie: [Incredulous and semi-insulted]*Hogwash*.

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Newt Scamander: People like you, don't they, Mr. Kowalski?
Jacob Kowalski: Oh. Well, I'm, uh, I'm sure people like you, too, huh?
Newt Scamander: Not really, no. I annoy people.

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Percival Graves: You're an interesting man, Mr. Scamander.
Porpentina Goldstein: Mr. Graves...
Percival Graves: [silences her with a finger]You were thrown out of Hogwarts for endangering human life...
Newt Scamander: That was an accident.
Percival Graves: ...with a beast. Yet one of your teachers argued strongly against your expulsion. Now... what makes Albus Dumbledore... so fond of you?

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Queenie: [after Tina and Queenie discover that Newt and Jacob have left]But we made 'em cocoa.

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[Porpentina Goldstein sees Newt Scamander close the case as she walks in] Porpentina Goldstein: It was open?
Newt Scamander: Just a smidge.

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Newt Scamander: Merlin's beard!

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Newt Scamander: [as he is strapping body protection on to Jacob]Now there's absolutely nothing for you to worry about.
Jacob Kowalski: Tell me, has anyone ever believed you when you told them not to worry?
Newt Scamander: Well, my philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.

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[from trailer] Gnarlack: So you're the guy with the case full of monsters, huh?
Newt Scamander: News travels fast.

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Newt Scamander: Pickett? Come on, give me a smile. Pickett, give me a... [Pickett blows a respberry]

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Jacob Kowalski: What, you're not gonna Obliviate me?
Queenie: Of course not. You're one of us now.

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Jacob Kowalski: You, uh, you know how to read minds?
Queenie: Oh, don't worry, honey. Most guys think what you was thinking first time they see me.

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Porpentina Goldstein: Mr. Scamander, do you know anything about the wizarding community in America?
Newt Scamander: I do know a few things, actually. I know you have rather backwards laws about relations with Non-Magic people. That you're not meant to befriend them. That you can't marry them, which seems mildly absurd to me.

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Jacob Kowalski: [yells to Newt while holding an egg that Newt lost]Hey! Mr. English Guy! I think your egg is hatching. [Newt pulls Jacob forward with his wand and transports them to an isolated place]

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Newt Scamander: [as a lion appears in the street]You know, New York is *considerably* more interesting that I'd expected.

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Newt Scamander: [to Jacob and Queenie]You two, head that way. And try very hard not to be predictable.

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Mr. Abernathy: Queenie! Where you going?
Queenie: I, uh... I'm sick, Mr. Abernathy. [fake cough]
Mr. Abernathy: Again?

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Porpentina Goldstein: And you were just in Equatorial Guinea?
Newt Scamander: And I've just completed a year in the fields. I'm writing a book about magical creatures.
Porpentina Goldstein: Like an extermination guide?
Newt Scamander: No. A guide to help people understand why we should be protecting these creatures instead of killing them.

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Customs Official: First trip to New York?
Newt Scamander: Yes.
Customs Official: Anything edible in there?
Newt Scamander: No.
Customs Official: Livestock? [a creature in his suitcase opens one of its latches]
Newt Scamander: Must get that fixed. Um... No.
Customs Official: Let me take a look. [Newt moves a latch on his suitcase that switches it to Muggle Worthy]
Customs Official: [Customs Official opens up Newt's suitcase and we see it contains his clothes]
Customs Official: Welcome to New York.

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[from trailer] Porpentina Goldstein: Mr. Scamander, do you know anything about the wizarding community in America? We don't like things loose.

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Porpentina Goldstein: [after she and Newt capture a beast]Tell me the truth. Was that everything that came out of the case?

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Queenie: [referring to Newt and Jacob]Teenie, you brought men home.
Porpentina Goldstein: Gentlemen, this is my sister. Wanna put something on, Queenie?
Queenie: Oh, sure. [Queenie has a dress float over and puts it on while Jacob watches]
Queenie: So, who are they?
Porpentina Goldstein: That's Mr. Scamander. He's committed a *serious* infraction of the National Statute of *Secrecy*.
Queenie: He's a criminal?
Porpentina Goldstein: Uh-huh. And that's Mr. Kowalski. He's a No-Maj.
Queenie: A No-Maj? [whispers]
Queenie: Teen, what are you up to?
Porpentina Goldstein: He's sick. It's a long story. Mr. Scamander has lost something I'm going to help him find.

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