Spider-Man (2002)
Tobey Maguire: Spider-Man, Peter Parker
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Peter Parker : [voiceover] Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man.
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Peter Parker : You don't trust anyone, that's your problem.
J. Jonah Jameson : I trust my barber.
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[trying to learn how to shoot a web]
Spider-Man : Go web! Fly! Up, up, and away web! Shazaam! Go! Go! Go web go! Tally ho.
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Mary Jane : Has he mentioned me?
Peter Parker : Yeah.
Mary Jane : What'd he say?
Peter Parker : Uh... I said... he asked me what I thought about you.
Mary Jane : And what did you say?
Peter Parker : I said... uh... Spider-Man, I said uh... The great thing about MJ is... when you look in her eyes and she's looking back in yours... everything... feels... not quite normal. Because you feel stronger and weaker at the same time. You feel excited and at the same time, terrified. The truth is... you don't know what you feel except you know what kind of man you want to be. It's as if you've reached the unreachable and you weren't ready for it."
Mary Jane : You said that?
Peter Parker : Well, something like that.
Peter Parker : [Harry walks in while they're holding hands] Hi...
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Wrestling Promoter : [after Peter lets an armed man escape with a bag full of cash] You coulda taken that guy apart! Now he's gonna get away with *my* money!
Peter Parker : I missed the part where that's my problem.
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Green Goblin : [lands in front of Spider-Man on a rooftop] Wake up little spider, no you're not dead yet just paralysed. You're an amazing creature, Spider-Man. You and I are not so different.
Spider-Man : I'm not like you. You're a murderer.
Green Goblin : Well, to each his own. I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother?
Spider-Man : Because it's right.
Green Goblin : [slaps Spider-Man on the head] Here's the real truth. There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders. You, me? We're exceptional.
[leans in and grabs Spider-Man's neck]
Green Goblin : I could squash you like a bug right now, but I'm offering you a choice. Join me! Imagine what we could accomplish together... what we could create. Or we could destroy! Cause the deaths of countless innocents in selfish battle again and again and again until we're both dead! Is that what you want?
[jumps on the glider]
Green Goblin : Think about it, hero!
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[from trailer]
Peter Parker : Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to lead an ordinary life is no longer an option.
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Ring Announcer : [on the microphone, announcing to the audience as he walks backwards up the ramp to where Peter is standing behind the curtain] Will the next victim please enter the arena at this time! If he can withstand just three minutes in the cage with "Bonesaw" McGraw, the sum of three-thousand dollars will be paid to...
[gets off the microphone and asks Peter]
Ring Announcer : What's your name, kid?
Peter Parker : The Human Spider.
Ring Announcer : The Human Spider? That's it? That's the best you've got?
Peter Parker : Yeah.
Ring Announcer : Oh, that sucks.
[gets back on the microphone]
Ring Announcer : The sum of three-thousand dollars will be paid to... the terrifying... the deadly... the amazing Spider-Man!
[the audience cheers]
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Mary Jane : You're amazing.
Spider-Man : Some people don't think so...
Mary Jane : But you are.
Spider-Man : Nice to have a fan...
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Green Goblin : [the Green Goblin has just pummeled Spider-Man] Misery, misery, misery - that's what you've chosen. I offered you friendship, and you spat in my face.
[Green Goblin continues to beat Spider-Man]
Green Goblin : You've spun your last web, Spider-Man. Had you not been so selfish, your little girlfriend's death would've been quick and painless, but now that you've really pissed me off, I'm gonna finish her nice... and slow. MJ and I... we're gonna have a hell of a time!
[Green Goblin lunges forward, but Spider-Man blocks and pushes him into a brick wall]
Norman Osborn : [speaking in his normal voice] Peter, stop! Stop! It's me!
[Green Goblin takes off his mask, revealing Norman Osborn]
Spider-Man : Mr. Osborn...
Norman Osborn : Oh, Peter, thank God for you...
Spider-Man : You killed those people on that balcony!
Norman Osborn : The Goblin killed, I had nothing to do with it! Don't, don't let him take me again! I beg you, protect me!
Spider-Man : You tried to kill Aunt May, you tried to kill Mary Jane...
Norman Osborn : But not you. I tried to stop it, but I couldn't stop it. I would never hurt you.
[Norman discreetly pushes a button on his suit and the glider rises]
Norman Osborn : I knew from the beginning. If anything happened to me, it, it was you I could count on. You, Peter Parker, would save me, and so you have. Thank God for you.
[Norman rises up]
Norman Osborn : Give me your hand. Believe in me, as I believed in you. I've been like a father to you... be a son to me now.
Spider-Man : I have a father. His name was Ben Parker.
Green Goblin : Godspeed, Spider-Man!
[warned by spider-sense, Spider-Man back-flips over the oncoming glider]
Norman Osborn : Oh.
[the glider impales Norman]
Norman Osborn : Peter... don't tell Harry.
[dies]
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[first lines]
Peter Parker : [voiceover] Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied. But let me assure you: This, like any story worth telling, is all about a girl. That girl. The girl next door. Mary Jane Watson. The woman I've loved since before I even liked girls.
[referring to Flash Thompson sitting next to her]
Peter Parker : I'd like to say that's me sitting next to her.
[referring to an overweight kid in front of them messily eating a jelly doughnut]
Peter Parker : Aw, heck, I'd even take him.
[he and the other kids see a nerdy Peter running along the bus, asking to stop]
Peter Parker : That's me.
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Peter Parker : Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.
J. Jonah Jameson : It is not. I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel.
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Mary Jane : Who are you?
Spider-Man : You know who I am.
Mary Jane : I do?
Spider-Man : Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
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[talking about Uncle Ben]
Peter Parker : I can't help thinking about... the last thing I said to him. He tried to tell me something important, and I threw it in his face.
Aunt May : You loved him. And he loved you. He never doubted the man you'd grow into; how you were meant for great things. You won't disappoint him.
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Peter Parker : Can I do anything for you?
Aunt May : You do too much - college, a job, all this time with me... You're not Superman, you know.
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[the Goblin crashes through the Daily Bugle office]
Green Goblin : [grabbing Jameson by the throat] Jameson you slime! Who's the photographer who takes pictures of Spider-Man?
J. Jonah Jameson : I don't know who he is! His stuff comes in the mail!
Green Goblin : YOU'RE LYING!
J. Jonah Jameson : I swear!
Green Goblin : He's the one who can take me to him!
J. Jonah Jameson : I don't know who he is!
Green Goblin : [preparing to punch Jameson] You are useless you...!
Spider-Man : [appears upside-down outside the window] Settle down, tough guy.
Green Goblin : [drops Jameson and turns around on the glider] Speak of the Devil!
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Green Goblin : Spider-Man. This is why only fools are heroes - because you never know when some lunatic will come along with a sadistic choice. Let die the woman you love... or suffer the little children? Make your choice, Spider-Man, and see how a hero is rewarded!
Spider-Man : Don't do it Goblin!
Green Goblin : We are who we choose to be... now, *choose*!
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Wrestling Promoter : [after he gives Peter $100 for winning a wrestling tournament] Now get outta here.
Peter Parker : A hundred bucks? The ad said 3000.
Wrestling Promoter : Check it again, web head. It said three grand for three minutes, and you pinned him in two. For that, I give you 100, and you're lucky to get that.
Peter Parker : I need that money.
Wrestling Promoter : I missed the part where that's my problem.
[Peter leaves with the $100 bill and a carjacker enters with an empty bag and throws it at the promoter]
Wrestling Promoter : Hey, what the hell...?
Carjacker : [draws his pistol] Put the money in the bag. HURRY UP!
[hits the promoter hard with his pistol, puts all the money in the bag, and runs out]
Wrestling Promoter : HEY! HE STOLE THE GATE!
Wrestling Arena Guard : STOP THAT GUY!
Wrestling Promoter : STOP HIM! HE'S GOT MY MONEY!
[the carjacker quickly enters the elevator that Peter was about to use]
Carjacker : [to Peter] Thanks!
[the elevator doors close]
Wrestling Arena Guard : What the hell's the matter with you? You let him go!
[to the other cops]
Wrestling Arena Guard : Cut him off from the lobby and call the cops!
Wrestling Promoter : You could've taken that guy apart! Now he's gonna get away with *my* money!
Peter Parker : I missed the part where that's my problem.
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Peter Parker : I want you to know, that I will always be there for you; I will always be there to take care of you. I promise you that. I will always be your friend.
Mary Jane : Only a friend, Peter Parker?
Peter Parker : That's all I have to give...
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Norman Osborn : I've been like a father to you, be a son to me now.
Peter Parker : I have a father, his name was Ben Parker.
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Cop at Fire : [at a burning building, a cop approaches Spider-Man] Hold it right here, you're under arrest! I'm taking you in!
Young Lady at Fire : [a scream is heard in the building] There's somebody still up there!
Spider-Man : I'm going.
Cop at Fire : I'll be here when you get back.
Spider-Man : Not coming back, chief.
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Mary Jane : I wanna... act. On stage.
Peter Parker : Really? Well that's perfect. You were awesome in all the school plays.
Mary Jane : Really?
Peter Parker : Yeah. I cried like a baby when you played Cinderella.
Mary Jane : Peter, that was first grade.
Peter Parker : Well, even so...
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[On the morning after Peter gets bitten]
Aunt May : Feeling better this morning? Any change?
Peter Parker : Change? Yep. BIG change.
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Flash Thompson : Think you're pretty funny, don't you, freak?
Mary Jane : Flash, it was just an accident!
Flash Thompson : My fist breaking your teeth, that's the accident.
Mary Jane : C'mon, Flash, stop!
Peter Parker : I don't want to fight you, Flash.
Flash Thompson : I wouldn't want to fight me, neither.
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[in Aunt May's hospital room]
Peter Parker : [relating to M.J. what he supposedly said to Spider-man] I said, um, Spider-man, I said, uh, the great thing about M.J. is when you look in her eyes, and she's looking back in yours, everything feels not quite normal, because you feel stronger, and weaker at the same time. You feel excited, and at the same time, terrified. The truth is you don't know what you feel, except you know what kind of man you want to be. It's as if you've reached the unreachable, and you weren't ready for it.
Mary Jane : You said that?
Peter Parker : Oh, something like that...
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[in Aunt May's hospital room]
Aunt May : Go home dear, you look awful.
Peter Parker : And you look beautiful...
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Uncle Ben : Peter, look. You're changing. I know. I went through exactly the same thing at your age.
Peter Parker : No. Not exactly.
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[to J. Jonah Jameson]
Spider-Man : Hey, kiddo. Let Mom and Dad talk for a minute, will ya?
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Uncle Ben : I don't mean to lecture and I don't mean to preach. And I know I'm not your father...
Peter Parker : Then stop pretending to be!
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Aunt May : You won't have a bite?
Peter Parker : No thanks. Had a bite.
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[after Mary Jane's audition]
Mary Jane : So you just came by?
Peter Parker : I was in the neighborhood...
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[in Aunt May's hospital room, talking about Mary Jane]
Peter Parker : Well, Harry's in love with her. She's still his girl.
Aunt May : Isn't that up to her?
Peter Parker : She doesn't really know who I am.
Aunt May : Because you won't let her. You're so mysterious all the time. Tell me, would it be so dangerous to let Mary Jane know how much you care? Everybody else KNOWS...
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[Peter is going to take a picture of Mary Jane]
Mary Jane : Don't make me look ugly.
Peter Parker : That's impossible.
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Mary Jane : What do you see coming for you?
Peter Parker : I don't know. Whatever it is, it's something I never felt before.
Mary Jane : And... what for me?
Peter Parker : For you? You're gonna light up Broadway.
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[as Peter Parker confronts the carjacker who just murdered Uncle Ben]
Carjacker : Don't hurt me. Just give me a chance. Just give me a chance!
Peter Parker : What about my uncle? Did you give him a chance? Did you? ANSWER ME!
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Miss Brant : Welcome to the Daily Bugle.
Peter Parker : Thanks. I'm Peter Parker. I'm a photographer.
Miss Brant : Yes, I can see that.
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Peter Parker : Hey, it's me again!
Mary Jane : Hey!
Peter Parker : How was your audition?
Mary Jane : How'd you know?
Peter Parker : The hotline. Your mom, told my aunt, told me.
Mary Jane : So you just came by?
Peter Parker : I was in the neighborhood, needed to see a friendly face. I took three buses and a cab to *get* in the neighborhood, but... So how'd it go?
Mary Jane : [wryly] Oh. They said I needed acting lessons. A *soap opera* told me I needed acting lessons.
Peter Parker : Lemme buy you a cheeseburger. The sky's the limit, up to seven dollars... and eighty-four cents.
Mary Jane : [laughs] I'd like a cheeseburger. Oh, but I'm going out to dinner with Harry.
[pause]
Mary Jane : Come with us.
Peter Parker : No thanks. How's it going with...
[Mary Jane looks down]
Peter Parker : Never mind, it's none of my business.
Mary Jane : It's not? Why so interested?
Peter Parker : I'm not.
Mary Jane : You're not?
Peter Parker : Well... Why would I be?
Mary Jane : [playfully] I dunno. Why would you be?
Peter Parker : [smiles, not knowing what to say] I dunno.
Mary Jane : Sorry you won't come with us. I better run, Tiger.
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Spider-Man : You have a knack for getting in trouble.
Mary Jane : You have a knack for saving my life. I think I have a superhero stalker.
Spider-Man : I was in the neighborhood...
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[returning for Thanksgiving dinner]
Peter Parker : Sorry I'm late, it's a jungle out there; I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these cranberries.
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[In the burning building]
Green Goblin : You're pathetically predictable, like a moth to the flame. What about my generous proposal? Are you in or are you out?
Spider-Man : It's you who's out, Gobbie. Out of your mind.
Green Goblin : Wrong answer.
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J. Jonah Jameson : [describing a headline] "Spider-Man, Hero or Menace? Exclusive Daily Bugle Photos".
Peter Parker : Menace? He was protecting that armored truck...
J. Jonah Jameson : Tell you what Atticus, you take the pictures, I'll make up the headlines! Ok? Is that ok with you?
Peter Parker : Yes sir.
J. Jonah Jameson : Goody.
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Peter Parker : No matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, the ones I love will always be the ones who pay.
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Peter Parker : Can I take your picture for the school paper?
Mary Jane : Sure.
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Peter Parker : Some spiders change colors to blend into their environment. It's a defense mechanism.
Harry Osborn : Peter, what possibly makes you think I would want to know that?
Peter Parker : Who wouldn't?
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Peter Parker : [from trailer] Who am I? Are you sure you want to know? If someone told you I was just your average ordinary guy without a care in the world, somebody lied. Truth is it wasn't always like this. There was a time when life was a lot less complicated.
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Bonesaw McGraw : What're ya doin' up there?
Spider-Man : Staying away from you. That's a cute outfit. Did your husband give it to you?
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Aunt May : You know, you were about six years old when Mary Jane's family moved in next door. And when she got out of the car, and you saw her for the first time, you grabbed me and you said, "Aunt May, Aunt May, is that an angel?"
Peter Parker : Gee, did I really say that?
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Aunt May : [Peter breaks a lamp in his room trying to practice his web shots]
[Behind door]
Aunt May : Peter?
[Peter opens door barely to hide webs in his room]
Aunt May : What's - what's going on in there?
Peter Parker : I'm excercising. I'm not dressed Aunt May.
Aunt May : Well... you're acting so strangely Peter...
Peter Parker : Ok... thanks.
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Harry Osborn : Peter, I'd like to introduce you to my father, Norman Osborn.
Peter Parker : It's an honor to meet you, Sir.
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Spider-Man : [seeing Mary Jane trapped on a collapsing balcony] Mary Jane!
Mary Jane : [screaming in terror] HELP! Someone please help me!
[Spider-Man jumps on the parade balloons, trying to reach Mary Jane. Just as he makes the jump, the Green Goblin smacks him into the side of the building with the glider. He grabs Spider-Man's head and smacks him into the broken window over and over again until Spider-Man starts punching him back. The Goblin punches him off the glider and onto the balcony above Mary Jane]
Spider-Man : [to Mary Jane] Hold on!
[the Goblin turns his glider around to attack]
Mary Jane : [trying to warn Spider-Man] Watch out!
[Spider-Man shoots web in the Goblin's face and then flips back and rips wires out from his glider, sending it flying out of control]
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Green Goblin : [grabbing Jameson by the throat] Jameson, you slime! Who's the photographer who takes the pictures of Spider-Man?
J. Jonah Jameson : I don't know who he is. His stuff comes in the mail...
Green Goblin : YOU'RE LYING!
J. Jonah Jameson : I swear!
Green Goblin : He's the one who can bring me to him.
J. Jonah Jameson : I don't know who he is!
Green Goblin : [about to punch him] You are useless.
Spider-Man : Set him down, tough guy.
Green Goblin : Speak of the devil!
J. Jonah Jameson : Spider-Man! I knew you two were in this together! I...
[Spider-Man plasters his web over Jameson's mouth]
Spider-Man : Hey kiddo! Let mom and dad talk for a minute, will ya?
Green Goblin : [sprays knockout gas at Spider-Man] Sleep!
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Aunt May : Peter, are you alright?
Peter Parker : I'm fine.
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[after seeing thugs attempting to harass Mary Jane, Spider-Man quickly pulls them off her with his web. He jumps down and starts battling the thugs, punching one in the face and backhand punching two others into the windows of a building. He lifts the last thug up, then drops him to the ground. He flees into an alley when he sees Mary Jane approaching, because he doesn't have his mask on]
Mary Jane : Wait!
[she walks into the alley, not noticing Spider-Man hanging upside down behind her, with his mask on this time]
Spider-Man : You have a knack for getting in trouble.
[she gasps and spins around, but then she laughs]
Mary Jane : *You* have a knack for saving my life. I think I have a superhero stalker.
Spider-Man : I was in the neighborhood.
Mary Jane : You are... amazing.
Spider-Man : Some people don't think so.
Mary Jane : But you are.
Spider-Man : Nice to have a fan.
Mary Jane : Do I get to say thank you this time?
[she reaches for his mask]
Spider-Man : Wait.
[she pauses for a moment, then pulls his mask down enough so that his mouth is exposed. She leans in slowly, then engages in a passionate kiss with him for a long moment. She then pulls his mask back up all the way. Spider-Man then shoots a web upward and web-swings away, leaving Mary Jane standing in the rain and smiling happily]
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Green Goblin : [to Spider-Man] You and I are not so different.
Spider-Man : I'm not like you. You're a murderer.
Green Goblin : Well... to each his own.
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Peter Parker : You know Harry... doesn't live on a little place I like to call Earth.
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Spider-Man : [referring to the Green Goblin] Whatever it is, somebody has to stop it...
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Peter Parker : How was your audition?
Mary Jane : How did you know?
Peter Parker : Hotline... your mom, told my aunt, told me...
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Peter Parker : Let me buy you a cheese-burger - sky's the limit, up to seven dollars and eighty-four cents.
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Peter Parker : I can't... tell you... everything; I mean, there's so much to tell...
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Peter Parker : Mr. Osborn!
Norman Osborn : Peter! Thank God for you!
Peter Parker : You killed those people on that balcony.
Norman Osborn : The Goblin killed them! I had nothing to do with it!
Peter Parker : You tried to kill Aunt May. You tried to kill Mary Jane.
Norman Osborn : But not you.
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Harry Osborn : Where do you go all the time?
Peter Parker : Around...
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Peter Parker : [talking to M.J] I was in the neighborhood. I needed to see a friendly face. I took two buses and a cab to get in the neighborhood, but...
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Peter Parker : Who am I? You sure you wanna know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody told you I was just your average, ordinary guy, not a care in the world, then somebody lied.
