The Space Between Us (I) (2017)
Asa Butterfield: Gardner Elliot
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Quotes
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Gardner Elliot : Tulsa?
Tulsa : Yes, Gardner?
Gardner Elliot : What's your favorite thing about Earth?
Tulsa : You are, Gardner.
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Gardner Elliot : I was *so* scared, I wouldn't know how to be human. You make me human, Tulsa.
[They kiss]
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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.
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Tulsa : You're taller than I thought you'd be.
Gardner Elliot : You're meaner than I thought you'd be.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Gardner Elliot : [Repeated line] See you in the funny papers.
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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.
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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]
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Gardner Elliot : Just because something sounds crazy, doesn't mean it's not true.
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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.
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[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.