What does Gandalf say To Galadriel in the Hobbit trailer?

Question

In the Hobbit trailer Galadriel asks Gandalf:

Why the halfling, Mithrandir?

And he responds:

Because I'm afraid mumble mumble something something

What does he say to her? Its very hard to understand the last few words of his sentence

sugaredlightning · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-29 00:17:35Z

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What I heard:

"Why Bilbo Baggins? That is because I am afraid, and he gives me courage."

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 0:17

sugaredlightning

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That's what I heard as well.
– Major Stackings
Nov 29, 2012 at 0:49
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Man, the more I hear about the movie, the more I think I'll skip the whole thing. Way too many changes from the concept of the book...
– Ward - Reinstate Monica
Nov 29, 2012 at 2:02
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@Ward - welcome to the rest of us suffering from "movie based on $book sux"
– DVK-on-Ahch-To
Nov 29, 2012 at 2:50
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I'm afraid 2/3's of the film will be the dwarves singing dirges.
– Major Stackings
Nov 29, 2012 at 6:14
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I arrived with anticipation and left with disappointment.
– Morgan
May 11, 2013 at 1:57

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