The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

Nicolas Cage: Balthazar

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• Dave : [holding shoes Balthazar has just given him]  These are old-man shoes.

  Balthazar : Excuse me?

  Dave : [having noticed that Balthazar is wearing the same style of shoe]  I love them... a lot.

• Balthazar : Clear your mind!

  Dave : [under attack by a dragon]  Clear my mind? Are you insane?

  [Balthazar thinks, then holds up his fingers an inch apart] 

  Dave : Little bit.

• Balthazar : I had a dream. You were insulting me, Dave. Repeatedly.

  Dave : Me? Pretty weird, huh?

  Balthazar : No. Kinda makes sense.

• Balthazar : This is the Merlin Circle. It focuses your energy, helps you master new spells. It is where you will learn the Art. Step inside, you leave everything else behind. Once you enter, there is no going back.

  Dave : So I should probably pee first?

• Balthazar : Keep it subtle. Civilians mustn't know magic exists. That would be complicated.

  Dave : Says the guy in the 350-year-old rawhide trenchcoat.

• Balthazar : [Horvath taunts Balthazar while creature is busy. Engine noise approaches; Balthazar recognizes the sound]  That's my car.

• Balthazar : What happened to 'Don't touch anything'?

• Dave : I'm afraid of flying on planes!

  Balthazar : Well, today's your lucky day, 'cause I brought an eagle.

• Balthazar : You're a bad liar, Dave. That's good.

• Balthazar : [speaking in Cantonese]  Your hair is beautiful.

  Chinese Woman : Ahh, you speak Mandarin!

  Balthazar : Ahh.

  [Balthazar throws the Chinese Woman across the room with a spell, and she's revealed to have been Horvath in disguise] 

  Balthazar : That was Cantonese, Horvath. The Grimhold, where is it?

  Horvath : An old associate of mine speaks impeccable Cantonese. He lived about 200 years ago. You know him. Sun Lok? Course you do. You locked him inside the Grimhold.

  [Horvath shows Sun Lok's empty Grimhold] 

  Horvath : Oops. Opened it.

• Balthazar : You will not control your magic if you will not control yourself.

• Dave : This is crazy!

  Balthazar : [grins]  But it *is* fun.

• Balthazar : Dave? You should run.

• Balthazar : I have been searching all over the world for you. You're going to be a force for good and a very important sorcerer. But for now, you're my apprentice

  Dave : [stunned]  I'm a what?

• Balthazar : [attempting to embarrass Dave in Becky's presence]  I just remembered, I have to go into town to pick up your anti-itch cream.

• Balthazar : Love is a distraction. Sorcery requires complete focus.

• Veronica : Balthazar, what have you done?

  Balthazar : The same thing you did for me.