The Wolfman (2010)

Hugo Weaving: Aberline

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Quotes 

• Det. Aberline : [after The Wolfman's rampage in London]  God help us.

• Lawrence Talbot : I get your implication, and resent it. You're clearly aware of my personal history, as I believe I'm aware of yours. Weren't you in charge of the ripper case a couple of years back?

  Det. Aberline : You're a direct man. So I'll be equally direct with you. I am not your enemy, Mr. Talbot. You've been seen as Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, all with that same face. A prudent man would ask who else might be living inside that head of yours?

• Det. Aberline : [to a police officer while running trying to catch the Wolfman]  I don't suppose we have any silver bullets?

• [Aberline sits down at a table in the pub and opens a newspaper. Mrs. Kirk walks up to him] 

  Det. Aberline : A pint of bitter, please.

  [She only stares at him. He looks up from his paper, stares back, and tips his hat towards her] 

  Det. Aberline : Mrs. Kirk.

  Mrs. Kirk : Why aren't you out with MacQueen, trying to catch that thing what killed my husband?

  Det. Aberline : As I don't know where the lunatic will strike, it seems the practical thing to do is to stay as near as possible to the potential victims.

  [a man nearby spits out his drink and begins coughing] 

  Det. Aberline : And seeing that 214 of the 309 residents of Blackmoor and its environs live within, what, 500 yards of this tavern, I was planning to spend the evening here.

  Mrs. Kirk : Not Talbot Hall?

  Det. Aberline : Why would you say that?

  Mrs. Kirk : They're cursed. All of them.

  Det. Aberline : Unfortunately, "cursed" does not give me a warrant to wander about Sir John's estate at night. Rules, Mrs. Kirk. They're all that keep us from a dog-eat-dog world, you know. Pint of bitter. please.