Movie Info
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Carmen Ejogo
Story: Spin-off fantasy drama from the Harry Potter movie series directed by David Yates
and written by J. K. Rowling. Set in 1926, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) follows Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who, after a global quest to document magical creatures, arrives in New York. There, a mishap involving a No-Maj named Jacob (Dan Fogler), and a misplaced magical case, sets off a chain of events endangering both wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
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Top Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quotes
Mary Lou: Are you a seeker? A seeker after truth?
Newt Scamander: I’m more of a chaser, really.
Jacob Kowalski: [to Newt] Hey, Mr. English Guy! I think your egg is hatching.
Newt Scamander: [to his niffler] Right. For the last time, you pilfering pest, paws off what doesn’t belong to you.
Porpentina Goldstein: At least tell me you took care of the No-Maj.
Newt Scamander: The what?
Porpentina Goldstein: The No-Maj. No-magic. The non-wizard!
Newt Scamander: Oh. sorry, we call them Muggles.
Porpentina Goldstein: [referring to Newt’s magical case] It was open?
Newt Scamander: Just a smidge.
Newt Scamander: [referring to the wizarding community in America] I know that you have rather backwards laws about relations with non-magic people. That you’re not meant to befriend them. That you can’t marry them, which seems mildly absurd to me.
Jacob Kowalski: This is all just some big nightmare, right?
Newt Scamander: For the both of us, Mr. Kowalski.
Shaw Senior: Nobody gives away anything valuable for free.
Newt Scamander: You’re a Legilimens?
Queenie Goldstein: Yeah. But I always have trouble with your kind. Brits. It’s the accent.
Jacob Kowalski: You know how to read minds?
Queenie Goldstein: Oh, don’t worry, honey. Most guys think what you was thinking first time they see me.
Jacob Kowalski: Newt, I don’t think I’m dreaming.
Newt Scamander: What gave it away?
Jacob Kowalski: I ain’t got the brains to make this up.
Jacob Kowalski: [to himself] “What did you do today, Jacob?” I was inside a suitcase.
Newt Scamander: [referring to the magical creatures] They’re currently in alien terrain surrounded by millions of the most vicious creatures on the planet. Humans.
Newt Scamander: People like you, don’t they, Mr. Kowalski?
Jacob Kowalski: Oh, well, I’m sure people like you too, huh?
Newt Scamander: Not really, no. I annoy people.
Newt Scamander: You know, New York is considerably more interesting than I’d expected.
Jacob Kowalski: Why would I have to wear something like this?
Newt Scamander: Because your skull is susceptible to breakage under immense force.
Newt Scamander: Now there’s absolutely nothing for you to worry about.
Jacob Kowalski: Tell me, has anyone ever believed you when you told them not to worry?
Newt Scamander: Well, my philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.
Newt Scamander: Merlin’s beard!
Jacob Kowalski: What, you’re not going to obliviate me?
Queenie Goldstein: Of course not. You’re one of us now.
Bartender: What? Ain’t you ever seen a house-elf before?
Jacob Kowalski: No, of course I have. I love house-elves. My uncle is a house-elf.
Newt Scamander: [to Jacob and Queenie] You two, head that way. And try very hard not to be predictable.
Porpentina Goldstein: Tell me the truth. Was that everything that came out of the case?
Newt Scamander: That’s everything. And that’s the truth.
Queenie Goldstein: People are easiest to read when they’re hurting.
Queenie Goldstein: [to Newt] She was a taker. You need a giver.
Newt Scamander: I think you’ll find that the best wizarding school in the world is Hogwarts.
Queenie Goldstein: Hogwash.
Grindelwald: Do you think you can hold me?
Seraphina Picquery: We’ll do our best, Mr. Grindelwald.
Grindelwald: [to Newt] Will we die just a little?
Jacob Kowalski: [as he’s about to be Obliviated] Hey, Newt, why did you keep me around?
Newt Scamander: Because I like you. Because you’re my friend. And I’ll never forget how you helped me, Jacob.
Queenie Goldstein: I ain’t never going to find anyone like you.
Jacob Kowalski: There’s loads like me.
Queenie Goldstein: There’s only one like you.
Porpentina Goldstein: People change. Yes.
Newt Scamander: I’ve changed. I think. Maybe a little.