Merritt McKinney Quotes in Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Merritt McKinney: Have I ever told you about the guy who screwed me over everything? This is my twin brother Chase.

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: 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.

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.

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: 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: 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: [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?