- First I was bird bait. Then I was shark bait.
- I suppose.
4 seconds sound clip from the James and the Giant Peach (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:36:35.215 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Whoever you are, keep away from me! Keep away!
- Oh, James! Oh, thank goodness.
- You mustn't frighten yourself like this all the time.
- Why not?
- When I had a problem, my mum and dad would tell me to look at it another way.
- How?
- First I was bird bait. Then I was shark bait.
- Or you could say you gave us wings to fly and defeated a giant shark single-handedly.
- You are.
- You sure you know where we're going? I don't see how you can navigate without a compass.
[...]