Stellan Skarsgård: Bootstrap Bill
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'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : [to Will] Orders, Captain?
Will Turner : You're no longer bound to the Dutchman. You're free.
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : Aye. And 'tis a fine thing. But by my reckoning, I've still a debt to pay... if you'll have me.
Will Turner : [smile] To the wheel, then, Mr. Turner.
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : Aye, Captain Turner.
[takes the wheel, then notices Will and Elizabeth exchanging sad glances]
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : This ship, it has a duty. And where we are bound, she cannot come. One day at shore... ten years at sea. It's a heavy price for what's been done.
Will Turner : Depends on the one day.
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[in the Dutchman's brig, Elizabeth searches for Will's father]
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : [embedded in the wall of the Dutchman] You know my name...
Elizabeth Swann : Yes. I know your son...
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : My son... William!
[He tears himself out of the wall, to Elizabeth's fright]
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : [laughing with joy] He's alive! Will's alive! He survived the Kraken, me boy, and he's sent you to tell me he's coming to save me! God's wounds, he's on his way!
Elizabeth Swann : Yes, Will is alive. And he wants to help you.
[Bootstrap's smile fades]
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : He can't help me. He won't come.
[points a finger at Elizabeth]
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : I know you. He spoke of you. He won't save me, he can't come because of you!
Elizabeth Swann : Because of ME?
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : You're Elizabeth. He who stabs the heart of the Captain must take over as Captain. Dutchman must always have a captain. And if he saves me, he loses you. He won't pick me - I wouldn't pick me! Tell him not to come. Tell him to stay away. Tell him it's too late. I'm part of the ship... part of the ship, part of the crew...
[climbs back into the ship]
Elizabeth Swann : Bootstrap...
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : [his memory apparently wiped] You know my name... my son, he's coming to save me. You wait and see...
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'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : Part of the crew, part of the ship!
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[Will is stabbed]
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner : William... my boy... my son!
[Enraged, he charges at Jones]