Finding Neverland (2004)

Kate Winslet: Sylvia Llewelyn Davies

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• Michael Llewelyn Davies : [about J.M. Barrie]  Can we have him for supper?

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : Have him to stay for supper, Michael. We're not cannibals.

• J.M. Barrie : It seems to me that Peter's trying to grow up too fast. I imagine he thinks that grown-ups don't hurt as deeply as children do when they... when they lose someone. I lost my older brother David when I was just Peter's age, and it nearly destroyed my mother.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : James, I'm so sorry. Your poor mother. I can't imagine losing a child.

  J.M. Barrie : She didn't get out of bed for months, she wouldn't eat. I tried everything to make her happy but she only wanted David. So one day I dressed myself in David's clothing and I went to her.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : You must have frightened her to death.

  J.M. Barrie : I think it was the first time she ever actually looked at me, and that was the end of the boy James. I used to say to myself he'd gone to Neverland.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : Where?

  J.M. Barrie : Neverland. It's a wonderful place... I've not spoken about this before to anyone- ever.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : What's it like, Neverland?

  J.M. Barrie : One day I'll take you there.

• J.M. Barrie : [discussing Sylvia's reluctance to accept her illness]  They can see it, you know. You can't go on just pretending.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : Just pretending? You brought pretending into this family, James. You showed us we can change things by simply believing them to be different.

  J.M. Barrie : A lot of things, Sylvia. Not everything.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : But the things that matter. We've pretended for some time now that you're a part of this family, haven't we? You've come to mean so much to us all that now, it doesn't matter if it's true. And even if it isn't true, even if that can never be... I need to go on pretending... until the end... with you.

• Jack Llewelyn Davies : My name be Nibs the Cutthroat, feared by man and greatly desired by the ladies.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : Jack!

• Mrs. Emma du Maurier : A word with you, Mr. Barrie, before you go. We'll only be a few minutes.

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : Boys, why don't you go and play in the garden, go on.

  Michael Llewelyn Davies : Is he in trouble? Because I've been alone with Grandmother and I know what it's like.

• Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : [after James appears wearing an Indian headdress and face paint]  James, we're just having some tea. You remember my mother, of course.

  J.M. Barrie : Yes, of course, how do you do?

  Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : [pauses]  May I take your hat?

• Sylvia Llewelyn Davies : [distressed]  Michael! Where are your socks?