Thor (2011)
Stellan Skarsgård: Erik Selvig
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Quotes
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[Thor brings a drunken Selvig home]
Jane Foster : What happened?
Thor : He's fine! We drank, we fought - he made his ancestors proud!
Jane Foster : Put him on the bed.
Erik Selvig : [to Thor] Oh, I still don't think you're the god of thunder. But you ought to be!
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Thor : You know, I had it all backwards. I had it all wrong.
Erik Selvig : It's not a bad thing finding out that you don't have all the answers. You start asking the right questions.
Thor : For the first time in my life, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do.
Erik Selvig : Anyone who's ever going to find his way in this world, has to start by admitting he doesn't know...
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[after credits]
[Dr Selvig wanders around an underground base]
Nick Fury : [greeting him] Dr. Selvig.
Erik Selvig : So, you're the man behind all this? It's quite a labyrinth. I was thinking that you had taken me down here to kill me.
Nick Fury : I've been hearing about the New Mexico situation. Your work has impressed a lot of people who are much smarter than I am.
Erik Selvig : I had a lot to work with: the Foster theory, a gateway to another dimension... it's unprecedented...
[Fury doesn't respond]
Erik Selvig : ...isn't it?
Nick Fury : Legend tells us one thing; history, another. But, every now and then, we find something that belongs to both.
[Fury opens a suitcase, which contains a small cube]
Erik Selvig : What is it?
Nick Fury : Power, Doctor. If we figure out how to tap it, maybe unlimited power.
[Loki is seen in a reflection, smiling]
Loki : [whispers to Selvig] Well, I guess that's worth a look.
Erik Selvig : Well, I guess that's worth a look.
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Jane Foster : Years of research, gone.
Darcy : They even took my iPod.
Erik Selvig : What about the backups?
Jane Foster : They took our backups. They took the backups of our backups. They were extremely thorough.
Darcy : I just downloaded, like, 30 songs onto there.
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Jane Foster : [about the mythology book] Where'd you find this?
Erik Selvig : The children's section. I just wanted to show you how silly his story was.
Jane Foster : But you're the one who's always pushing me to chase down every possibility, every alternative.
Erik Selvig : I'm talking about science, not magic.
Jane Foster : Well, "magic's just science we don't understand yet." Arthur C. Clarke.
Erik Selvig : Who wrote science-fiction.
Jane Foster : A precursor to science fact!
Erik Selvig : In some cases, yeah.
Jane Foster : Well, if there's an Einstein-Rosen bridge, then there's something on the other side. And advanced beings could have crossed it!
Erik Selvig : Oh, Jane.
Darcy : A primitive culture like the Vikings might have worshiped them as deities.
Jane Foster : Yes! Yes, exactly. Thank you.
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Erik Selvig : It's not a bad thing finding out that you don't have all the answers. You start asking the right questions.
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Erik Selvig : [about Jane] I've seen the way she looks at you. If you hurt her...
Thor : I swear to you, I mean her no harm.
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Agent Coulson : Dr. Selvig, keep him away from the bars!
Thor : Where are we going?
Erik Selvig : To get a drink!
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Erik Selvig : I knew this scientist, a pioneer in gamma radiation. SHIELD showed up, and that's the last I heard from him.
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Erik Selvig : I've got the particle detectors... Darcy, do you have the SHIELD satellite codes?
Darcy : Yeah! Have you seen my taser?
Erik Selvig : It's in the car, come on Jane!
