Stardust (2007)
Charlie Cox: Tristan Thorn
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Quotes
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[to Yvaine]
Tristan : Did you really mean what you said in the caravan?
Yvaine : What I...? But... You were a mouse! You were a mouse... you wanted cheese! You didn't... I asked you to give me a sign!
Tristan : And risk you being too embarrassed to keep saying such lovely things?
[Tristan and Yvaine both laugh. Tristan kisses Yvaine's forehead]
Tristan : You want to know what the Captain really whispered to me that day?
[Yvaine nods]
Tristan : He told me that my true love...
[Yvaine begins to glow]
Tristan : ...was right in front of my eyes. And he was right.
[Tristan and Yvaine both smile. Tristan and Yvaine both kiss each other]
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[Tristan crash-lands on top of Yvaine]
Tristan : Mother? Oh! Oh, Mother. I'm so sorry. Are you all right?
Yvaine : No, I'm not and I'm not your mother. So get off me!
Tristan : You're not my mother?
Yvaine : Do I look like I'm your mother?
Tristan : No, sorry. Are you all right? Do you want some help?
Yvaine : You can help by leaving me alone!
Tristan : All right.
[he begins to walk away, talking to himself]
Tristan : Oh my God! Light the candle and think of me. I was, I was thinking of my mo... but then Victoria and the star just popped...
Tristan : [to Yvaine] Oh, excuse me, madam, sorry, this may see strange but, have you seen a fallen star anywhere?
[she laughs bitterly]
Yvaine : You're funny.
Tristan : No, really. We're in a crater, this must be where it fell.
Yvaine : [sarcastically] Yeah, this where it fell. It is, or if you want to be really specific, up there
[pointing to the sky]
Yvaine : is where this weird bloody necklace
[she shows him the necklace around her neck]
Yvaine : came out of nowhere and knocked it out of the heavens where it was minding its own business. And over there is where it landed. And right here, this is where it got hit by a magical flying moron!
Tristan : You're the star? You're the star? Really? Oh, wow! I'm sorry, I had no idea you'd be a... Oh, I, may I just say in advance that I'm sorry.
Yvaine : Sorry for what?
Tristan : For this.
[Tristan takes out the enchanted chain and ties it around Yvaine's wrist]
Tristan : Now, if I'm not mistaken this means you have to come with me. You're going to be a birthday gift for Victoria, my true love.
Yvaine : [sarcastically] But of course! Nothing says romance like the gift of a kidnapped injured woman! I'm not going anywhere with you!
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Yvaine : Are you tempted?
Tristan : Tempted? By what?
Yvaine : Immortality. Let's say it wasn't my heart. Not me. Just a star you didn't know.
Tristan : You seriously think I could kill anyone?
[Yvaine giggles]
Tristan : I mean, even if I could... Everlasting life? I imagine it would be kind of lonely. Well, maybe if you had someone to share it with. Someone you loved. Then it might be different.
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[Tristan and Yvaine are imprisoned on the pirate ship]
Yvaine : They're going to kill us, aren't they?
Tristan : I don't know.
Yvaine : You know, it's funny. I used to watch... I used to watch people having adventures. I envied them.
Tristan : You ever heard the expression, Be careful of what you wish for?
Yvaine : What, so ending up with my heart cut out, that will serve me right?
Tristan : No, I didn't mean it like that. Look, I admire you dreaming. A shop boy like me. I could never have imagined an adventure this big in order to wish for it. I just thought I'd find some lump of celestial rock, take it home and that would be it.
Yvaine : And you got me.
[they both begin to laugh]
Yvaine : If there's one thing I've learned about all my years watching Earth, is that people aren't what they may seem. There are shop boys, and there are boys who just happen to work in a shop for the time being. And trust me, Tristan, you're no shop boy. You saved my life. Thank you.
[Yvaine takes Tristan's hand]
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Captain Shakespeare : Yvaine, I know what you are.
[Yvaine starts to glow]
Captain Shakespeare : Have no fear. No one on this vessel will harm you, but there are plenty who would. Your emotions give you away, Yvaine. You must learn to control them. You've been glowing more brightly every day and I think you know why.
Yvaine : Of course I know why I'm glowing. I'm a star. And what do stars do best?
Captain Shakespeare : Well, certainly not the waltz.
[Tristan approaches them to dance with Yvaine. When Tristan and Yvaine dance with each other, Yvaine begins to glow]
Captain Shakespeare : Now try.
Tristan : OK.
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[Tristan and Yvaine are imprisoned on the pirate ship]
Yvaine : Tell me about Victoria, then.
Tristan : Well, she... she... There's nothing more to tell you.
Yvaine : The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.
Tristan : Hang on. This wasn't about me buying her love. This was a way for me to prove to her how I felt.
Yvaine : Ah... And what's she doing to prove how she feels about you?
Tristan : Well... Look, Yvaine, you'll understand when you meet her, all right? If we don't get murdered by pirates first.
Yvaine : Mmm... Murdered by pirates. Heart torn out and eaten. Meet Victoria. I can't quite decide which sounds more fun...
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Tristan : You know you sort of glitter sometimes. I've just noticed it. Is it... Is it normal?
Yvaine : Let's see if you can work it out for yourself. What do stars do?
Tristan : Hmm... Attract trouble?
[Yvaine pushes him, amused]
Tristan : All right, I'm sorry. Let me... Do I get another guess? Is it, do they know exactly how to annoy a boy called Tristan Thorn?
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[Lamia is about to cut out Yvaine's heart]
Tristan : Yvaine, hold me tight and think of home.
[Tristan lights his Babylon candle. They escape, but end up on a cloud in the middle of nowhere]
Tristan : What the hell did you do?
Yvaine : What did I do? What did you do? Think of home? That was a great plan! You thought of your home and I thought of mine and now we're halfway between the two!
Tristan : Well you stupid cow! What did you think of your home for?
Yvaine : You just said home! If you'd wanted me to think of your home you should have said!
Tristan : Some crazy lady was going to cut your heart out and you wanted more specific instructions? Perhaps you'd want it in writing or a diagram, maybe?
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Tristan : [practicing in front of a mirror] Father, I lost my job. Father, I... I lost my job, I'm sorry. Father...
Dunstan Thorn : [behind him, completing his sentence] You lost your job.
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Guard : Dunstan Thorn, not again.
Tristan : It's Tristan, actually.
Guard : Oh. You do look a bit like your father. And I suppose you intend to cross the wall as well, do you? Well, you can forget it, go home!
Tristan : Cross the wall as well as who?
Guard : No one. Nobody.
[Tristan walks to cross the wall]
Guard : Nobody crosses the wall! You know that. Everybody knows that.
Tristan : You know, I know. I understand. Nobody. Well I better head for the old homestead, then.
Guard : Good night, then. Good night, Tristan.
Tristan : Good night.
[Tristan begins to walk away]
Guard : Give my best to your father.
[Tristan turns around and runs to cross the wall like Dunstan had done but the guard stops him and begins to hit him with his wooden cudgel. Tristan ends up on the ground]
Guard : Off you go.
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[outside the witches' castle]
Septimus : [as he holds a sword to Tristan's throat] Who are you? What business do you have here?
Tristan : [he sees the number 7 mark on Septimus' hand] Septimus... I knew your brother, Primus.
Septimus : Unless you wish to meet him in the afterlife, I suggest you answer my question. What are you doing here?
Tristan : I might ask you the same thing!
[Septimus realizes that Tristan is holding a butter knife to his gut]
Septimus : Ah.
[they both lower their weapons and peer through the window]
Septimus : There are four of them. Do as I say and we may stand a chance.
Tristan : Wait! How do I know you can be trusted?
Septimus : You don't. Why? Do you have a choice?
Tristan : No.
Septimus : Well then, let's go.
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[a girl gives a cup to Tristan as he is stabling Primus's horses]
Tristan : Thank you. That's so kind. My name's Tristan. What's yours?
Girl Bernard : [in his own voice] Bernard.
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Tristan : [Tristan goes to see Victoria on her birthday, picks up a small stone for the window to call her as he used to, then smiles, drops the stone and knocks on the front door, Victoria answers] Happy birthday.
Victoria : [Looking pleasantly astonished at Tristan's transformation] What happened to you?
Tristan : I've found the star.
Victoria : I can't believe you did it. Where's my star? Can I see it? Is it beautiful?
Tristan : Yes.
[Tristan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a lock of Yvaine's hair, wrapped in a small piece of white cloth. He gives it to Victoria]
Victoria : Well, it's awfully small.
Tristan : Well, that's just a little piece - a token for your birthday.
Victoria : Well... Well, then forget about the star. It's not the star that I want.
Victoria : [she puts her arms around him]
[seductively]
Victoria : You know what I want.
[they are about to kiss but he pulls away from her]
Tristan : Yeah, I do. You want to grow up and get over yourself.
Victoria : [indignantly] Well! Oh!
[Humphrey appears around the corner and at the sight of Tristan drops a medium sized box wrapped in red wrapping paper that was suspended from his left hand]
Tristan : Humphrey!
Humphrey : Thorn. You must have a death wish.
[Humphrey then unsheathes a small, thin sword. Tristan unsheathes a much larger and and brandishes it menacingly]
Humphrey : [backing down] Ah...
Tristan : [looking amused] Humphrey. Humphrey, it's all right. She's all yours. You really are a perfect couple. The best of luck to you both.
[Victoria looks inside the cloth containing the token that Tristan has given her]
Victoria : [ungratefully] Why would I want this? It's just a measly handful of stardust.
Tristan : Yvaine. She can't cross the wall.
[Tristan runs off in pursuit]
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Tristan : Don't you ever sleep?
Yvaine : Not at night. May have escaped your notice, genius, but that's when the stars have rather better things to do. They're coming out, shining, that sort of thing.
Tristan : Yeah, well, it may have escaped yours, but you're not in the sky anymore. Coming out is off the agenda. Shining has been suspended until further notice. Oh, and sleeping during the day is O-U-T. Unless you have some magical ability to sleep while you're walking.
Yvaine : Have you not got it into your thick head yet? I'm not walking anywhere!
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[Tristan and Victoria are sipping champagne under the stars]
Victoria : Do you know, Humphrey's going all the way to Ipswich to buy me a ring.
Tristan : Ipswich? Victoria I'm talking about London or Paris or... A ring? Why is he... What kind of a ring?
Victoria : The word is he's planning to propose to me on my birthday.
Tristan : [crestfallen] He's going to... And you're gonna say yes?
Victoria : [laughs] Well I can't exactly say no after he's gone all the way to Ipswich.
Tristan : "All the way to Ipswich"? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross oceans or continents.
Victoria : Really?
Tristan : Yes.
[Victoria giggles]
Tristan : Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I would go to the gold fields of San Francisco and bring you back your weight in gold. I'd go to Africa and bring you back a diamond as big as your fist. Or I'd go to the Arctic and I'd slaughter a polar bear and bring you back its head.
[Victoria has been moving closer, about to kiss him, but suddenly she recoils]
Victoria : [disgusted] A polar bear's head? Ugh! You're funny, Tristan.
[they look up into the sky]
Victoria : Oh, Tristan! A shooting star. Beautiful.
Tristan : More beautiful than a fancy ring from Ipswich? Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross the wall and bring you back that fallen star.
Victoria : You can't cross the wall. Nobody crosses the wall. Now you're just being silly.
Tristan : I'm not being silly. I'd do it. For you, I'd do anything.
Victoria : [thinking] Hmmm. My very own star. It seems we have ourselves an agreement. You have exactly one week or I'm marrying Humphrey.
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[Tristan is on the ground and Primus has his sword at his throat]
Primus : If Septimus insists on sending a boy to do a man's job...
Tristan : No! Please, I don't know Septimus. I just need a lift. Look at me, I'm unarmed. Please. Please, let me ride with you.
[Primus returns to his carriage and Tristan stands up and follows him]
Primus : I'm afraid that's impossible. I'm on a quest of enormous importance.
[Gets on the carriage]
Tristan : All the better reason to take me with you. Maybe you'll need a second pair of hands. Sir, please. Maybe Providence sent me to you as it sent you to me.
Primus : Get on.
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[deleted scene]
Tristan : [while he and Victoria are drinking champagne] You know... an interesting fact, actually - the first champagne glass was molded on the left breast of Marie Antoinette.
[Victoria stares at him, disgusted]
Tristan : I don't know if there was something wrong... with her right one...
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[Lamia captures Yvaine and Una. Tristan returns to the wall. To the guard]
Tristan : What happened?
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Tristan : No!
