Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Ben Whishaw: Michael Banks
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Quotes
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Michael Banks : [after Georgie opens the door to reveal Mary Poppins's entrance; he stares partially open-mouthed] Mary...
Jane Banks : Poppins!
Mary Poppins : Close your mouth, please, Michael, we are *still* not a codfish.
[he does so, then Jane giggles briefly]
Mary Poppins : Jane Banks, still rather inclined to giggle, I see.
[she sets her carpet bag down on a small couch]
Michael Banks : Good heavens, it really is you! You seem hardly to have aged at all!
Mary Poppins : *Really*? How incredibly rude! One *never* discusses a woman's age, Michael. Would have hoped I taught you better.
Michael Banks : I'm sorry, I didn't mean...
Jane Banks : [interuppts] You came back! I thought we'd never see you again.
Michael Banks : It is wonderful to see you!
Mary Poppins : [primping herself in the mirror] Yes it 'tis, isn't it?
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Balloon Lady : Why don't you go first, sir?
Michael Banks : Me? Oh no, those days are long behind me. I haven't held a balloon since I was a child.
Balloon Lady : Then you've forgotten what it's like.
Michael Banks : To hold a balloon?
Balloon Lady : To be a child.
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Jane Banks : [to the children] When your father and I were young, we used to imagine Mary Poppins could do all *sorts* of impossible things! Those things didn't really...
Michael Banks : Happen?
Jane Banks : No, of course not.
Michael Banks : Ridiculous.
[They say this oblivious to the fact that Mary Poppins is sliding up the bannister again behind them]
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Ellen : [about the visiting lawyers] The wolves are at the door.
Michael Banks : What do they want?
Ellen : Well, a good thrashing, if you ask me.
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Michael Banks : Did you have something to do with them trying to save the house?
Mary Poppins : I never said a word. It was all the children's idea.
Michael Banks : The whole time I've been looking after them, they've been looking after me. I had it all backward.
Mary Poppins : A Banks family trait.
Michael Banks : What was I thinking?
Mary Poppins : Some people think a great deal too much. Of that I'm certain.
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Michael Banks : [as he gazes at the snow globe of St. Paul's Cathedral, then bringing out his and Jane's kite] I honestly can't remember why we kept most of this stuff to begin with. Why on earth did we save this old, broken thing?
Jane Banks : [snatching the kite away then smiling and gazing at it] Don't you remember that kite? We used to love flying that with Mother and Father.
Michael Banks : Well, it won't fly anymore. Out it goes; no looking back.
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Michael Banks : So you've been off filling the children's heads with stuff and nonsense?
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Michael Banks : [tearfully to Georgie, Anabel, and John] We're about to lose our home! Everything's fallen to pieces since your mother...
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Georgie Banks : Father, Aunt Jane, come quick! Quickly!
Michael Banks : [as he and Jane enter from upstairs] What is it, Georgie?
Jane Banks : Did something happen?
Georgie Banks : I was flying the kite, and it got caught on a nanny!
Jane Banks : Whatever are you talking about?
Georgie Banks : [taking Michael by the hand and leading him and Jane downstairs] Come, come look!
Michael Banks : Wait, where did you get that kite?
Georgie Banks : I found it in the park.
[he opens the door to reveal Mary Poppins]
Georgie Banks : *She* kept it from blowing away.
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Ellen : How exactly am I supposed to make breakfast when there's nothing in the larder but pickled herrings and marmalade?
Michael Banks : The groceries. I meant to go yesterday.
Ellen : Very well. Pickled herrings for breakfast and marmalade for lunch.
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Michael Banks : [o Wilkins] Don't you dare criticize my children! Don't you dare! They're not lying and you know it! If only I believed them sooner. So, go ahead, take the house! I have everything I need right here.