X-Men - First Class Quotes

Professor Charles Xavier: Would you like to see another magic trick?
Man In Black Suit: Yes!
Professor Charles Xavier: [Using powers, gives order]Get in the car.
Man In Black Suit: Good idea.

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Dr. Moira MacTaggert: You know, one day the government is going to realize that how lucky they were to have Professor X on their side.
Professor Charles Xavier: I suppose I am a real professor, aren't I? Next thing you know, I'll be going bald. We're still on the government side, Moira. We're still G-Men. Just without the G.
Dr. Moira MacTaggert: No. You're your own team now. It's better. You're X-Men.
Professor Charles Xavier: Yes, I like the sound of that.

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Erik Lehnsherr: [before Charles uses Cerebro for the first time]What an adorable lab rat you make, Charles.
Professor Charles Xavier: Don't spoil this for me, Erik.
Erik Lehnsherr: I've been a lab rat. I know when I see one.

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Armando Mu±oz: Where to, fellas?
Erik Lehnsherr: Richmond, Virginia.
Armando Mu±oz: So you want the airport? The station? What?
Professor Charles Xavier: We were rather hoping you'd take us all the way.
Armando Mu±oz: That's a six-hour drive.
Erik Lehnsherr: [stops the cab meter]That would give us plenty of time to talk.

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Erik Lehnsherr: [to Mystique]If you're using half your concentration to look normal, then you're only half paying attention to whatever else you're doing. [pause]
Erik Lehnsherr: Just pointing out something that could save your life.
Erik Lehnsherr: You want society to accept you, but you can't even accept yourself.

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Hank McCoy: [to Raven]You got to see this. Your genes are extraordinary, you know that? Your cells ages at the half the rate of a normal human. When you're forty, you'll still have the leukocytes of a teenager. You have the most incredible cell structure I've ever seen.

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Professor Charles Xavier: I can't stop thinking about the others out there, all those mind that I touched. I could feel them, their isolation, their hopes, their ambitions. I tell you we can start something incredible, Erik. We can help them.
Erik Lehnsherr: Can we? Identification, that's how it starts. And ends with being rounded up, experimented on and eliminated.
Professor Charles Xavier: Not this time. We have common enemies, Shaw, the Russians. They need us.
Erik Lehnsherr: For now.

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Raven Darkholme: [in mutant form]Could you pass me my robe?
Erik Lehnsherr: You don't have to hide. [Erik moves and sits besides Raven on the bed]
Erik Lehnsherr: Have you ever looked at a tiger and thought you ought to cover it up?
Raven Darkholme: No, but...
Erik Lehnsherr: You are an exquisite creature, Raven. All your life the world has tried to tame you. It's time for you to be free. [Erik leans forward and kisses Raven]

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Professor Charles Xavier: Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It is how we have evolved from a single-cell organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few millennia evolution leaps forward.

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Professor Charles Xavier: [to Eric]There's so much more to you than you know, not just pain and anger. There's good in you too, and you can harness all that. You have a power that no one can match, not even me.

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Professor Charles Xavier: Heterochromia.
Co-Ed: A gentleman would at least offer to buy me a drink first.
Professor Charles Xavier: Heterochromia is in reference to your eyes, which I have to say are stunning. One green, one blue. It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation. I've got news for you, Amy. You are a mutant.
Co-Ed: First you proposition a girl and then you call her deformed. How is that seduction technique working for you?
Professor Charles Xavier: I'll tell you in the morning.

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Angel Salvadore: [Erik gives Angel a big tip]For that, daddy-o, you get a private dance. [In the private dance room]
Angel Salvadore: You guys know it's a double for both, right?
Professor Charles Xavier: Mmm, now that won't be necessary, although I am sure it would be magical... [Erik cuts in]
Erik Lehnsherr: We were thinking more, we'll show you ours, if you show us yours.
Angel Salvadore: Baby, that's not the way it works around here. [Erik clicks his fingers and raises the champagne chiller]
Erik Lehnsherr: More tea, vicar?

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Professor Charles Xavier: [Erik leaves the covert CIA research base with the CIA files on Shaw]From what I know about you, I am surprised you managed to stay this long.
Erik Lehnsherr: What do you know about me?
Professor Charles Xavier: Everything.
Erik Lehnsherr: Then you know to stay out of my head.
Professor Charles Xavier: I am sorry Erik, but I've seen what Shaw did to you. I felt your agony. I can help you.
Erik Lehnsherr: I don't need your help.
Professor Charles Xavier: Don't kid yourself, you needed my help last night, it's not just me you are walking away from. Here you have the chance to be part of something much bigger than yourself. I won't stop you leaving. I could, but I won't. [Xavier walks away]
Professor Charles Xavier: Shaw's got friends. you could do with some.

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Raven Darkholme: Mutant and proud.
Professor Charles Xavier: What?
Raven Darkholme: Or is it the with pretty mutations, or invisible ones like yours? But if you're a freak, you better hide.
Professor Charles Xavier: You're being ridiculous. I don't mean to sound like an old fart.
Raven Darkholme: Which you are.
Professor Charles Xavier: Sometimes. But we've talked about this, Raven. A small slip up is one thing. A big one does not bear thinking about it.

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Professor Charles Xavier: Ready for this?
Erik Lehnsherr: Let's find out!

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Professor Charles Xavier: I can't feel my legs.

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Sebastian Shaw: Erik, what a pleasant surprise. So good to see you again. May I ask you something? Why are you on their side? Why fight for a doomed race who will hunt us down as soon as they realize their reign is coming to an end? I'm sorry for what happened in the camps. I truly am. But everything I did, I did for you. To unlock your power. To make you embrace it. You've come a long way from bending gates. I'm so proud of you. And you're just starting to scratch the surface. Think of how much further we could go, together. I don't want to hurt you, Erik. I never did. I want to help you. This is our time. Our age. We are the future of the human race. You and me, son. This world could be ours.
Erik Lehnsherr: Everything you did make me stronger. It made me the weapon I am today. It's the truth. I've known it all along. You are my creator.

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Erik Lehnsherr: [wields an inscribed Nazi dagger]Blood and Honor - which would you care to shed first?
1st German: We were under orders...
Erik Lehnsherr: Blood it is! [stabs the German]

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Raven Darkholme: We should come up with secret codenames, we're secret agents now! I'll start, I'm gonna be Mystique.
Sean Cassidy: Damn! I wanted to be called Mystique!
Raven Darkholme: [Raven morphs into Sean]Too bad! Besides, I'm way more mysterious than you. [Everybody applauds in amazement, Raven shifts back, indicates Sean]
Raven Darkholme: What about you?
Sean Cassidy: I wanna be... Banshee!
Hank McCoy: Why do you want to be named after a wailing spirit?
Sean Cassidy: You may want to cover your ears... [everyone does so, Sean looks to shatter the glasses on the table, misdirects his shriek and shatters the large paned window instead, everybody laughs]
Raven Darkholme: [indicates Angel]What about you?
Angel Salvadore: [she stands, removing her jacket]My stage name is Angel... and it kind of fits. [reveals her wings]
Raven Darkholme: You can fly?
Angel Salvadore: Uh huh, and... [turns and spits out an acidic ball at the statue outside, everybody laughs]
Raven Darkholme: Darwin, what's your name?
Armando Mu±oz: Well, Darwin's already a nickname... and it fits: adapt to survive and all... Check this. [walks over to a fish aquarium nearby, dunks his head under the water - gills grow on the side of his face. Everyone applauds]
Armando Mu±oz: Thank you! [indicating Hank]
Armando Mu±oz: What about you?
Alex Summers: How about Bigfoot?
Raven Darkholme: Well you know what they say about guys with big feet, and you're are kinda small... [chuckles among the group]
Armando Mu±oz: What is your gift, Alex?
Alex Summers: I can't. I can't do it. Not here.
Armando Mu±oz: Could you do it outside? Come on! [Everybody eggs Alex on to show off, he finally gives in, and walks outside the window]
Alex Summers: Get back when I tell you. [He re

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[Erik points toward the American and Soviet ships docked at sea]Erik Lehnsherr: This society won't accept us. We form our own. The humans have played their hand, now we get ready to play ours. Who's with me?
Erik Lehnsherr: [to Mystique]No more hiding. [Raven walks towards Erik but turns and kneels beside Charles and Moira; Erik looks disappointed]
Professor Charles Xavier: [to Raven]Go with him. It's what you want.
Raven Darkholme: You promised me that you would never read my mind.
Professor Charles Xavier: [whimpers in pain]I promised you... a lot... of things. [a pause]
Raven Darkholme: [to Moira]Take good care of him. [Raven walks towards Erik and is joined by Angel, Janus Quested, and Azazel. The five hold hands]
Raven Darkholme: And one more thing. BEAST! [Raven places free her hand on her chest]
Raven Darkholme: Mutant and Proud! [Beast reacts with disgust, Erik gestures at Azazel and they vanish]

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[about the Class going into action]Professor Charles Xavier: They're just kids...
Erik Lehnsherr: No, they WERE kids. Shaw has his army, we need ours.

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Dr. Moira MacTaggert: I'm going to use an asset the CIA didn't issue me... [starts to strip]

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Sean Cassidy: [to Erik, before jumping out of the jet]Whoa! You back right off!

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Dr. Moira MacTaggert: Who destroyed the statue?
Hank McCoy: It was Alex.

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[Erik grabs Shaw's helmet and puts it on]Professor Charles Xavier: Erik, don't do this! Be the better man! If you do this there will be no turning back...!
Erik Lehnsherr: Sorry Charles. It's not that I don't trust you...

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Professor Charles Xavier: [to Angel]How would you like a job where you get to keep your clothes on?

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Erik Lehnsherr: My fellow Mutants! The real enemy is out there.

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Erik Lehnsherr: Hank has been busy.
Alex Summers: Do we really have to wear these?
Professor Charles Xavier: As none of us mutated to endure extreme g-force or being riddled by bullets, I suggest we suit up.

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[Havok attacks Shaw with his energy rings, only for Shaw to absorb them]Sebastian Shaw: Protecting your fellow mutants? That's a noble gesture. Feels good. [Darwin attempts to punch Shaw, who blocks him and grabs him by the throat]
Sebastian Shaw: Adapt to this. [Shaw throws Havok's energy down Darwin's throat and vanishes with his men. Darwin tries to adapt to several forms to resist the energy, but is ultimately incinerated in front of his friends]

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Erik Lehnsherr: [Raven kisses Hank while he takes her blood to formulate a serum that would normalize their mutation appearances]Kinky, by the way, if I look like you, I wouldn't change a thing.

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