Bruce Wayne quotes from Gotham

Bruce Wayne

I know you. You're Mario Pepper's daughter.

Yes. Who are you?

Bruce Wayne

I'm Bruce Wayne.

[bitter] Yes, you are. Billionaire Bruce Wayne.

Selina Kyle

Stay cool, now, Ivy…

I am cool! Why would you tell me to stay cool? Why are you telling me what to do?

Selina Kyle

I'm not. I'm just saying I don't want you to get mad at him. He's a friend.

Why would I get mad at him? It's not his fault. [gives Bruce an accusing look] Is it? Did you kill my father? Did you make my mother cut her wrists?

Bruce Wayne

[stunned] No.

Somebody did. Somebody did, but not him. What are you doing? Are you doing okay?

Bruce Wayne

I'm okay. And you?

[agitated] I'm doing okay. How do I look?

Bruce Wayne

[a little stunned] You look good.

Selina Kyle

[to Ivy] Have you seen Clyde the fence around?

Yeah, he's working out of the Factory on the Narrows. [looks to Bruce] He's cute, isn't he?

Selina Kyle

Yes, he is. ptakes Bruce by the arm and starts leaving] Uh, thanks, Ivy, good to see you. Uh... we got to go run and see Clyde.

Oh. Okay, fine. Bye, then.

Selina Kyle

Keep. Moving.

Bruce Wayne

She's just a little girl. Why are you so scared of her? [looks back to Ivy]

Selina Kyle

[alarmed] Because she's scary! Don't look back!

Bruce Wayne

Well, Alfred... we can only stay if you think you can handle it.

Alfred Pennyworth

If I can handle it? Mate, this place is positively cushy compared to some of the place I've slept at. Cup of tea, you cheeky monkey?

Selina Kyle

Could've smashed your head in with a brick, you know?

Bruce Wayne

Why would you do that? Why'd you even say that?

Selina Kyle

Just thought you should know.

Selina Kyle

[waltzing with Bruce] Everyone's staring at us.

Bruce Wayne

Well, I am Bruce Wayne. [Selina shakes her head in exasperation] Well, I am!

Alfred Pennyworth

I mean, a bomb, inside the house? I mean, you're having a laugh, ain't ya? A bomb?

Bruce Wayne

I was going to tell you. I wanted to present it as a fait accompli.

Alfred Pennyworth

Don't start talking French to me.

Bruce Wayne

It's ruined! Why would you do that? Answer me!

Alfred Pennyworth

It had to be done, Master Bruce.

Bruce Wayne

This was the key to exposing Wayne Enterprises. Everything I worked for, everything my dad worked for, is now gone! Because of you!

Alfred Pennyworth

If I knew what was down here, I would have never helped get you in. Look around you, look! Liters of blood. A bulletproof vest with two studs in it. Bullets, guns! Whatever is on that computer probably killed your dad, and I'll be damned if I watch you suffer the same fate, Master Bruce. I'm trying to protect you. I'm trying to keep you safe.

Bruce Wayne

I want you to go.

Alfred Pennyworth

I know you're upset...

Bruce Wayne

No! I want you to go, and never come back. Understand? You're fired.

Alfred Pennyworth

Very well, Master Bruce. As you wish.

Alfred Pennyworth

Besides, there's going to be a magician. And you like magicians, don't you?

Bruce Wayne

No, I don't. I hate magicians.

Alfred Pennyworth

You know what I said about being normal?

Alfred Pennyworth

Yeah, well, that's... not an offer, is it? That's bloody extortion.

Bruce Wayne

Yeah, well, I can't help but consider it, Alfred.

Alfred Pennyworth

Well, you shouldn't.

Bruce Wayne

There's a fine line between extortion and negotiation.

Alfred Pennyworth

Yes, there is, Master Bruce, but there's still a line.

Selina Kyle

So, when you whispered to her before she went to her uncle, what did you say?

Bruce Wayne

You wanna know what I said.

Selina Kyle

Hey, if you don't wanna tell me, I can leave...

Bruce Wayne

I told her I've never met anyone like her. That I trusted her with my life. And that I felt tied to her in a way that I couldn't explain, but wouldn't change, ever. The best liars always tell the truth.

Selina Kyle

That was true?

Bruce Wayne

Yes. Just not about her.

Theo Galavan

You've shown mettle and ingenuity, my boy. But that's all done now.

Bruce Wayne

What do you want?

Theo Galavan

Why, your life, of course.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

You were violently abducted. You nearly died. You must have been very scared. It's normal to feel trauma. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Bruce Wayne

I wasn't scared.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

No? What did you feel?

Bruce Wayne

I felt alive. Intensely alive. Do you think I'm abnormal?

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Certainly unusual, if you're being honest.

Bruce Wayne

I'm always honest.

Matches lives in that big building on Grant Street between 9th and 10th. Apartment 9B.

Bruce Wayne

Why did you tell me that? I thought he was your friend.

He is. Well, he was. Matches is gonna be happy to see you. You, my boy, are the childish hand of fate. That makes me God in a way, doesn't it? [chuckles] And who doesn't like to play God?

Hey, maybe you've killed people before. You killed people before, blood?

Bruce Wayne

No. But no one's killed my parents before.

Bruce Wayne

You want me to kill you. Why?

Little rich kid like you wouldn't understand.

Bruce Wayne

Try me.

A man gets tired of doing wrong and going unpunished. Nothing happens. You start to wonder if there is a God. [finishes his drink] Tighten your left hand grip. Aim here, a little low. She'll kick.

Come on, pull the damn trigger!

Bruce Wayne

No.

Don't lose your nerve now! Do it! Look at me. I'm a monster. You need to kill me.

Bruce Wayne

I wish you were a monster. [puts the gun down] But you're just a man.

Bruce Wayne

[in a letter to Alfred] Alfred, I have left home for awhile to live on the streets with Selina. Please, wait and listen before you react. You need not worry that I'm in danger or that I have lost my mind. I've thought long and hard about this decision, and I know it's the right one. Malone's death made me realize a couple of things. You can't kill murder. You can't get revenge on evil. You can only begin to fight such things by not doing them. You can only fight them where they live, not just at Wayne Enterprises. In the streets, in the slums, in the bad parts of town. So that's where I'm going.

Alfred Pennyworth

He's lost his mind.

Bruce Wayne

I'm not going to start battling muggers or anything, but one day I am going to do something to help the people of Gotham. I don't know what yet, but I will. Meantime, I need to learn stuff. Number one, I need to learn how to live in the same world other people have to live in. Selina's given me a place to sleep, and will show me the ropes. So, like I say, there's no need to worry. I'll be in touch soon, and I'll come home eventually. Please, Alfred, trust me and honor my wishes. Don't try to bring me back. I need to do this. Sincerely, your good friend, Bruce.