Walt Disney: I have my own Mr. Banks. Mine had a mustache. P.L. Travers: [sarcastically] So it's not true that Disney created man in his own image? Walt Disney: No, but it is true that you created yourself in someone else, yes?
Ralph: Are you All right, missus? Would you like me to drive you home? P.L. Travers: All the way to England? Yes, please.
P.L. Travers: [At the airport, seeing a sign that say "Walt Disney presents P. L. Travers"] Oh, he does, does he?
Don DaGradi: We were hoping to give you a little tour of the studio. P.L. Travers: No, thank you. Don DaGradi: Walt just wanted to show the place off. P.L. Travers: No one likes a show-off.
P.L. Travers: [Shoving plush dolls of Donald and Pluto into her hotel closet] Duck... dog... out!
P.L. Travers: Will the child be a nuisance? It's an 11-hour flight. Woman with Infant: Uh... P.L. Travers: Jolly good.
P.L. Travers: [In the plane, about to go to Los AngeIes] I hope we crash.
P.L. Travers: Why did you have to make him so cruel? He was not a monster! Don DaGradi: Who are we talking about? I'm confused. P.L. Travers: You all have children, yes? And do those children make letters for you? Do they write letters? Do they make ...
Walt Disney: Don't you want to finish the story?
Walt Disney: Pam, a man cannot break a promise he's made to his kids, no matter how long it takes for him to make it come true. Now, you kept me dangling all this time. But now, I gotcha. P.L. Travers: Gotcha, indeed! Mr. Disney, if you have "dangled...
Ginty: [to Goff who has died after losing his battle with alcoholism] I dropped the pairs. I'm sorry daddy. Aunt Ellie: Helen! Ginty: [to Ellie] You said you'd FIX everything!
P.L. Travers: [Being driven in a cart to Disney's office] I am perfectly capable of walking!
P.L. Travers: My point is that, unlike yourself, Mary Poppins is the very enemy of whimsy and sentiment. She's truthful. She doesn't sugarcoat the darkness in the world that these children will eventually, inevitably come to know. She prepares them f...
Walt Disney: I think life disappoints you, Ms. Travers. I think it's done that a lot. And maybe Mary Poppins is the only person in your life who hasn't. P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins isn't real. Walt Disney: That's not true. She was as real as can be to...
[Dolly is relaying Mrs. Travers' notes to Disney] Dolly: She wants to know why Mr. Banks was given a moustache. Walt Disney: [off-handedly] Oh, I asked for that. Dolly: Yes, she wants to know why. Walt Disney: [pointedly] Because *I* asked for it.
Travers Goff: [the Travers have just arrived at their new home which is a rundown farm and it is obvious the family are in poverty but Goff tries to pretend otherwise] A Palace! Complete with mighty steed! Ginty: And chickens! Margaret Goff: [Shocked...
Ginty: [Ginty turns over in bed and sees Margaret staring at her coldly from outside her bedroom] Mother! Margaret Goff: [Referring the hidden pain killers and Goff] I knew you give them to him. Take care of your sisters. Ginty: [Shocked] No! Margare...
P.L. Travers: [to a mother] Will the child be a nuisance? It's an 11 hour flight! Jolly good! [after sitting down] P.L. Travers: I hope we crash!
