Now You See Me (I) (2013)

Woody Harrelson: Merritt McKinney

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• Merritt McKinney : When I first met you, I thought you were kind of a... dick.

  Henley Reeves : And?

  Merritt McKinney : No, no. That's it.

  J. Daniel Atlas : That's very nice. I'm touched.

  Merritt McKinney : Yeah, just from the heart.

  J. Daniel Atlas : Well, I didn't say where I was touched.

• [the four have just met outside the locked door of the apartment room to which they were given Tarot card clues to visit] 

  Jack Wilder : No way. J. Daniel Atlas? Dude, I've seen everything that you have ever done. I mean, you're, like - I, I idolize you, seriously.

  J. Daniel Atlas : A true fan. It's so nice to meet you.

  [They shake hands] 

  Jack Wilder : I'm Jack, by the way.

  Merritt McKinney : Question. Did you get one of these?

  [Merritt holds up his Tarot card, and Jack fishes his own out of his pocket, grinning] 

  Jack Wilder : Yeah, oh, yeah. Death.

  [They each hold up the cards they were given] 

  Henley Reeves : The High Priestess.

  J. Daniel Atlas : I'm the Lover.

  Henley Reeves : [covering her comment with a fake cough]  Three minutes.

  Merritt McKinney : Hermit.

  Jack Wilder : So what are we - are we waiting for someone? Why, why are we just...?

  [Everyone says, "The door's locked."] 

  Jack Wilder : Oh, no. Nothing, nothing's ever locked.

  [Facial reactions while Jack, still bashful while using his tricks, unlocks the door] 

• Merritt McKinney : If by "has-been" you're referring to me, I just wanna say I'm flattered, because I always considered myself a never-was.

• Merritt McKinney : I'm just trying to create the space for wisdom.

  J. Daniel Atlas : Okay, so you're like Buddha, if he wasn't so enlightened.

  Merritt McKinney : And you're like Jesus, if he was arrogant and all of his miracles were fake.

• J. Daniel Atlas : What is magic? Magic is deception, but deception designed to delight, to entertain, to inspire. It is about belief. Faith.

  Henley Reeves : Trust.

  Merritt McKinney : Without those qualities, magic as an art form would no longer exist.

  Henley Reeves : But what happens if these qualities are not used for their higher purpose? And instead they're used to cheat, lie.

  J. Daniel Atlas : For personal gain, or for greed? Well then it's no longer magic.

  Merritt McKinney : It's crime.

  Henley Reeves : So tonight, for our final act, you're gonna help us set a few things right.

• Merritt McKinney : Isn't there a proud tradition in the FBI of men wearing dresses? No shame, Agent Fuller. No shame.

• Merritt McKinney : Um... Allow me to make plain what we've both been thinking.

  Henley Reeves : And what's that?

  Merritt McKinney : Well, obviously you have feelings of affection for Daniel. Unrequited and misguided, owing to his lack of emotional availability. Consequently, you're very tightly... how should I put it? Um... corked.

  Henley Reeves : Oh, I am?

  Merritt McKinney : Now, recognizing that you have physical needs not being met, and strictly in the vein of helping a sister out, I invite you to think of me as your own personal corkscrew.

  Henley Reeves : Wow, thanks. Let me mull over that offer of cheap and meaningless sex.

  Merritt McKinney : Cheap and meaningless, maybe, but, uh, not time-consuming.

• Thaddeus Bradley : Break a leg.

  Merritt McKinney : Hey, you break something too.

• Merritt McKinney : [hypnotizing a cheating husband]  And you, Warren Beatty, everytime you see or even *think* of Janet you're going to see me

  [Merritt slaps the husband's head twice] 

  Merritt McKinney : naked, that's not a pretty sight!

• Merritt McKinney : I did *not* see that coming.

• [the four have just activated a hologram in the room to which they were mysteriously invited. They all speak with evident awe] 

  Henley Reeves : Blueprints!

  Merritt McKinney : They're incredible.

  Jack Wilder : Who do you think did this?

  Henley Reeves : I don't know, but I really want to meet them.

• Merritt McKinney : Do me a favor. Visualize your most adventurous sexual experience.

  Henley Reeves : Stay out of my head, you perv!

  Merritt McKinney : Well, no, if I stay out of your head, I'm never gonna get into your pants.

• Merritt McKinney : [about Agent Fuller]  Please convey my deepest apologies to your colleague out there. I'm really sorry about this whole Tranny Tuesday thing, I was out of line.

  Dylan Rhodes : Tranny Tuesday?

  Merritt McKinney : It's an arrangement he and his wife have, or might not have, if you believe everything Agent Fuller's saying. Correct me, but isn't there a proud tradition in the FBI of men wearing dresses?