Martin Swinton Quotes in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

[Martin questions David about what cool things he can do]

Martin Swinton: So I guess now you're the new super toy. So, what good stuff can you do? Oh, can you do power stuff, like uh, walk on the ceiling or the walls? Anti-gravity? Like, float or fly?

David: Can you?

[David and Martin talk about David's birthday, and then David's first memory]

Martin Swinton: When's your birthday?

David: I never had a birthday.

Martin Swinton: Okay. When were you first built? When's your build-day.

David: I don't remember.

Martin Swinton: Okay, what's the first thing you can remember?

David: A bird.

Martin Swinton: What sort of bird?

David: [David opens his arms out] A bird with big wings... and feathers sticking up from the bottom.

[David draws the bird from his first memory for Martin]

Martin Swinton: That looks like a peacock. Can you say peacock?

David: Peacock.

Martin Swinton: Can you say 'Pee'?

David: Pee.

Martin Swinton: Now say that two times fast.

[David and Martin call to Teddy to see who he will go to]

David: [David calmly asks Teddy] Come here, Teddy.

Martin Swinton: [Martin calls out] Come on!

David: Come here, boy.

Martin Swinton: [Martin bangs his lap] Teddy! Teddy! Come here! Come on, Teddy! Come here!

David: [David calmly says] Come here, Teddy.

Martin Swinton: [Martin yells out louder] Come here Teddy! Come!

Teddy: [Teddy doesn't make a choice and then runs to Monica who enters the room] Mommy! Mommy!

Monica: [Monica carries Teddy out by one arm] Are they torturing you, Teddy?

[Martin's friends tease David around the pool]

Todd: He's Mecha.

David: What's Mecha?

Todd: We're organic, your mechanical. Orga, Mecha. Orga, Mecha. Orga, Mecha.

Martin Swinton: Todd, stop!

Todd: I didn't even know they made little kids. Can you pee?

Todd: I cannot.

Kid: Then let's see what you can't pee with.

[the kids all laugh as they try to check under David's shorts]

[Martin's friend Todd takes a knife to David's arm to see if he can feel pain]

Todd: Does he have DAS?

Martin Swinton: DAS what?

Kid: [one of the kids says in German] This is good!

Todd: [the kid Todd chuckles] Damage Avoidance System. DAS. It's a pain alert system. Our service man has it. It's so they don't go picking up fire with their bare hands. Watch. Watch this.

Todd: [the kid Todd grabs a cutting knife, holding it to David's arm] Now, I'm not gonna cut you. This isn't gonna hurt. I'm not gonna cut your skin. Just tell me when you feel it.

David: [the kid pokes the knife into David's arm, David feels it immediately, as David turns to hide behind Martin, grabbing onto him, walking backwards with him] Keep me safe, Martin. Keep me safe. Keep me safe, Martin. Keep me safe.