The Space Between Us (I) (2017)

Asa Butterfield: Gardner Elliot

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• Gardner Elliot : Tulsa?

  Tulsa : Yes, Gardner?

  Gardner Elliot : What's your favorite thing about Earth?

  Tulsa : You are, Gardner.

• Gardner Elliot : I was *so* scared, I wouldn't know how to be human. You make me human, Tulsa.

  [They kiss] 

• Tulsa : People don't go around saying what they feel, whenever they feel it. They have guards, and-and shields and other metaphors.

  Gardner Elliot : Why?

  Tulsa : Because we're all messed up and scared and trying to be something that we're not and-and if we all went around just declaring our innermost desires to the exact people we felt them for, we all end up happy or something.

• Tulsa : You're taller than I thought you'd be.

  Gardner Elliot : You're meaner than I thought you'd be.

• Gardner Elliot : [to Tulsa, On why he can't stay on Earth due to his biology]  As much as I want Earth... Earth Doesn't WANT ME!

• Gardner Elliot : [to Tulsa standing in the ocean]  My mother is here; I can feel her. I didn't get to choose where I was born, but I get to choose where I die.

• Gardner Elliot : You act like you hate the world so much, Tulsa.

  Tulsa : Save your strength.

  Gardner Elliot : It's all an act. The beautiful music you make gives you away.

• Gardner Elliot : [Repeated line]  See you in the funny papers.

• Gardner Elliot : What is your favorite thing about Earth?

  Nathaniel Shepherd : Rain. My turn. What is your favorite thing to do on Mars?

  Gardner Elliot : To pretend it's Earth.

• Buff College Kid : [in the diner]  Pay for my wrap and I won't tell.

  Tulsa : No, we don't have money.

  Gardner Elliot : Sorry. We *do* have money.

  Tulsa : Why don't you say that louder?

  Gardner Elliot : WE HAVE MONEY...

  Tulsa : Sorry, he doesn't speak sarcasm. Here, take it.

  [hands her money to the college kid] 

• Gardner Elliot : Just because something sounds crazy, doesn't mean it's not true.

• Gardner Elliot : What was she like? My mother.

  Nathaniel Shepherd : She was fearless She was kind And she just... seemed so invincible. And she'd make me wanna give up living when she died.

• [last lines] 

  Gardner Elliot : [narrating]  I wanted to go to Earth. Not just to visit, but to live there. Turns out people from Earth wanted exactly the same thing as people from Mars. And I should know, because I'm pretty sure I'm the only one. So far. I don't know which is better, but here is what I do know. It's good to be home.