Memorable Quotes from Jamie Foxx
56 quotesIdentity and Consequences in a Crime Scenario
Doc
We are twenty-four hours from being descended upon by this entire city.
Bats
Those pigs are in hog heaven. The only way they can I.D. us is with a Ouija board or some shit.
Doc
Well, your name only takes four letters to spell out.
Bats
Doc, "Bats" ain't my real fucking name!
Doc
It's over, "Leon." Get out of town.
Fairness in Talent Recognition and Opportunity
Effie White
Tell me something, Curtis. Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer over a professional?
Curtis Taylor Jr.
I'm not sure what this is about...
Effie White
It's about fairness, Curtis. It's about people paying their dues. Isn't that what you keep telling me? "Get in line, Effie. Wait your turn". So why am I sitting here without so much as a B-side on a 45, when an amateur like ] gets his own freaking album? I mean, can he even sing?
[[Martin Luther King Jr.]
Questions of Loyalty and Fairness
Gossie McGee
You need watching out for and he ain't got time to look after you the way I been looking after you.
[about Jack Lauderdale]
Ray Charles
Is that what you been doing, Gossie, watching out for me? Is that why you get paid double what I do?
Gossie McGee
Who told you that?
Ray Charles
Well it's true, ain't it? You and Marlene been gaming me since I got here.
Marlene Andres
Ray, baby, listen...
Ray Charles
I ain't got to listen to you!
Gossie McGee
Listen Ray, I been meaning to talk to you about that.
Ray Charles
Then why aren't you talking?
Gossie McGee
Look Ray, let's do nothing stupid.
Ray Charles
I might be blind but I ain't stupid!
Struggles of Beauty and Talent in Music
Effie White
So... Deena's going to sing the lead cause you like the way she looks? Am I ugly to you, Curtis?
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Baby, come on! You know how I feel about you, come on. Don't make it personal.
Effie White
Well, what am I supposed to do? Deena's beautiful, and she's always been beautiful... but I've got the voice, Curtis! I've got the voice! You can't put me in back; you just can't!
Seeking Understanding in Loneliness
Ray Charles
There's some things you're not understandin'...
Della Bea Robinson
Well, make me understand, Ray!
Ray Charles
Baby, when I walk out that door, I walk out alone in the dark! I'm trying to do something that ain't nobody ever done in music and business. But I can't do it if I'm alone everwhere I go. I don't want to be alone here, Bea. Not in my own home. Look, Bea, if you don't understand me, then who will?
Della Bea Robinson
I don't know, Ray.
Timing and Absence in Conversation
Ray Charles
Miss Antoine, it's been two weeks.
Della Bea Robinson
It's been three.
Ray Charles
Well, where's the preacher at and the wife?
Della Bea Robinson
They're in Dallas till Monday.
Ray Charles
Well, hallelujah!
A Humorous Exchange About Closing a Bag
Ray Charles
Could you do me a favor and close that bag?
Quincy Jones
What's wrong with you? You got two hands. You can close it yourself.
Ray Charles
I got two feet too. Could you close that bag?
Quincy Jones
I got it.
[chuckling]
Betrayal Among Friends in the Music Industry
Jeff Brown
Ray, I know that jealous bastard planted that lie in your head, but I've never stolen from you, Ray, and I never will. I got myself a small business loan. And, yeah, Milt Shaw was giving me a little extra, but I'm not a thief, Ray.
Ray Charles
Then, what about that, Jeff, huh? Promoters swearing that you did side deals with them so that you could strip my overages. How could you do that? We've been through so much. We were like brothers.
[accuses Jeff of stealing]
Jeff Brown
You know what, Ray... if we were like brothers, why are you paying Joe more than you're paying me?
Ray Charles
Damn all that. You broke my heart, man.
Jeff Brown
Well, you know what, Ray? You broke mine a long goddamn time ago.
Ray Charles
Well, there it is.
Jeff Brown
You know something, Ray? You're gonna get yours one day. And I pray to God he has mercy on your soul, you son of a bitch!
[walks away]
Joe Adams
Everything all right, Ray?
[walks out of his office]
Ray Charles
How the hell do you think it is?
Signing Papers with a Personal Touch
Steve Lopez
There's papers you gotta sign. They just back back from... And you should them so you know what you're signing.
Nathaniel Ayers
All right, you know, I'll just sign them Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr., apartment B-116, and the B stands for Beethoven.
Winning is the Only Respect I Have
Willie Beamen
I'm trying to win coach. I ain't trying to disrespect nobody, but winning is the only thing I respect.
Driving is the only music you need
Bats
What y'all gonna do? Belt out showtunes on the way to the job? You don't need a ] for a ]. You just put your fucking foot on the gas and drive the goddamn car. That's all the music you need, folks.
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Confrontation Over Substance Abuse Choices
Della Bea Robinson
That stuff kills people, Ray. Now you've gotta stop it.
[just discovered Ray's drug problem]
Ray Charles
I don't have to do a GODDAMN thing!
Electro Reflects on His Past Strength
Max Dillon / Electro
Ah, please. Let me tell you somethin'. I was whoopin ]'s ass, he'll tell you. ].
[[w:Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)|Spider-Man; [The Amazing Spider-Man 2|And then, he caused an overload. I was stuck in the grid, absorbing data. I was about to turn into pure energy, and then... Oh, shit. I was about to die]
Determined to Increase Value on My Terms
Willie Beamen
And with the time I got left, I'm going to play my way. Get my dollars up. So when you go to waive me, trade, injured reserve me, or whatever the fuck y'all do, I'll be worth ten times what I was worth before I got here.
Contrasting Motivations in Criminal Activities
Bats
Look, here's the deal. You rob to support a drug habit. I do drugs to support a robbery habit.
Origins of a Name in German Culture
Django Freeman
How you know Brunhilde's first master's was German?
Dr. King Schultz
Brunhilde is a German name. If they named her it stands to reason they'd be German.
Django
Lots of gals where you from named Brunhilde?
Schultz
Brunhilde is the name of a character in the most popular of all the German legends.
Django
There's a story bout Brunhilde?
Schultz
Yes there is.
Django
Do you know it?
Schultz
Oh, every German knows that story. Would you like me to tell you? Well, ] was a princess. She was the daughter of Wotan, god of all gods. Anyway her father is really mad at her.
[Django nods; [w:Brynhildr|Brunhilde]
Django
What'd she do?
Schultz
I can't exactly remember. She disobeys him in some way. So he puts her on top of a mountain.
Django
Brunhilde's on a mountain?
Schultz
It's a German legend, there's always going to be a mountain in there somewhere. And he puts a fire-breathing dragon there to guard the mountain, and he surrounds her in a circle of hellfire. And there Brunhilde shall remain unless a hero arises brave enough to save her.
Django
Does a fella arise?
Schultz
Yes Django, as a matter of fact he does. A fella named Sigfried.
Django
Does Sigfried save her?
Schultz
Quite spectacularly so. He scales the mountain because he's not afraid of it. He slays the dragon because he's not afraid of him. And he walks through hellfire because Brunhilde's worth it.
[nods]
Django
I know how he feels.
Schultz
I think I'm just starting to realize that. Look, Django, I don't doubt that one day you'll save your lady love, but I can't let you go into Greenville in a good conscience. A slave auction town in Mississippi isn't the place for you to visit, free or not it's just too dangerous. But let me ask you a question: how do you like the bounty hunting business?
Django
Kill white folks and they pay you for it? What's not to like?
Schultz
I have to admit we make a good team.
Django
I thought you was mad at me for killin Big John and Little Raj.
Schultz
Yeah, on that occasion you were a tad overzealous, but normally that's a good thing. How'd you like to partner up for the winter?
Django
Whatcha mean partner up?
Schultz
You work with me through the winter till the snow melts. I give you a third of my bounties so we make some money this winter and when the snow melts I'll take you to Greenville myself and we'll find where they sent your wife.
Django
Why you care what happens to me? Why you care if I find my wife?
Schultz
Frankly, I've never given anybody their freedom before, and now that I have I feel vaguely responsible for you. Plus when a German meets a real-life Sigfried that's kind of a big deal. As a German I'm obliged to help you on your quest to rescue your beloved Brunhilde.
Divine Perspectives on Gratitude and Influence
Graham Claydon
Nothing pains God more than when we squander his blessings. You owe it to Him to care for this...
Nathaniel Ayers
I don't owe God. Mr. Steve Lopez is my god.
Steve Lopez
What?
Nathaniel Ayers
Star writer for Los Angeles. Higher power flying around with wings like an angel.
The Struggles of Love and Faith
Ray Charles
I love the stories. You know about fallin in love and have love knock you around, and then the pressures of the world on you so tough, it makes you feel small. You just want to give your soul to God. You might as well, your ass belongs to Him.
[about his love for country music]
Consequences of Speech in the Marine Corps
Staff Sgt. Sykes
You are a Marine. There is no such thing as speech that is free. You must pay for everything that you say.
Struggle with Faith and Despair
Della Bea Robinson
The only thing that can help you is God, Ray!
Ray Charles
Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.
Della Bea Robinson
Stop talking like that, Ray.
Ray Charles
As far as I'm concerned, me and God is even, and I do what I damn well please. And goddamnit, if I wanna shoot, I'm gonna shoot up.
The Desire to Be More Than a Memory
Willie Beamen
I look at those pictures on the wall, it just makes me sad. Its like a room full of ghosts. When I'm done with the game, or the game is done with me, I don't wanna be some ghost up on the wall, I wanna be more than that.
The Art of Listening and Perception
Ray Charles
I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.
Della Bea Robinson
I can't hear her.
[astonished]
Ray Charles
You have to listen.
Della Bea Robinson
Yes!
[closes her eyes and hears the hummingbird]
Ray Charles
Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?
Della Bea Robinson
What?
Ray Charles
Her heart just skipped a beat.
Commitment to Duty Over Personal Opportunities
Staff Sgt. Sykes
I could be working with my brother right now. He's got a dry-wall business in Compton. Does the inside of office buildings — you know, the metal studs. I could be his partner. Said he'd give me that brand new Dodge Ram Charger — you know, the 318 Magnum? The beast? All indoor work, too, lots of AC. I could sleep with my wife every night, fuck her, maybe; take my kids to school every morning. And I'd run his crews, too, probably increase productivity 40 to 50%. Make $100K a year. Do you know why I don't? Because I love this job. I thank God for every fucking day he gives me in the Corps. Oorah.
Misunderstanding in Communication During War
Staff Sgt. Sykes
(to a reporter who heard Swofford say field fuck') He said field fun!
Speculating on a troubled past
Bats
Tell me if I'm way off, Buddy: you were a stockbroker. Maybe a different wife, maybe kids. You stack your paper, but you say shit like, "work hard, play hard," but you play a little too hard. You rack up debt. The type of debt that would make a white man blush. Maybe you get into a little trouble. Maybe you get your hand caught in the corporate cookie jar. Maybe you leave and run off to the desert, maybe with your favorite lap dancer in tow. Maybe you disappear into a world consisting of three things: ], ], ], and ]. Oh, shit, that's four. Am I close?
[[money; [sex; [drugs; [action]
Fearless in the Face of Danger
Staff Sgt. Sykes
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the baddest motherfucker in the goddamn valley.
Winning on My Own Terms
Willie Beamen
If I play my way, I just might win. Then what the fuck was your life about, anyway?
A Father's Justification for Breaking Rules
Nick Rice
As a prosecutor, I'm breaking all the rules right now, and I don't give a damn. Because I'm a father, I have a little girl. And what you did - bravo. The world is better without Darby and Ames. You're not going to see a tear shed from me, or anybody in my office. With that being said, I have a job to do.
[To Shelton; pats him on the hand, and heads to his side of the desk]
A Struggle Between Choice and Compassion
Nathaniel Ayers
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Just keep it coming. There's plenty. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
[going to sleep]
Steve Lopez
I knew only part of his story. I knew him playing the violin on a dairy crate in the morning sun, suspended somewhere between boy genius and lost traveler. Every night my friend Nathaniel tucks his instruments away and lays his head among the predators and hustlers, among the fallen drunks sprawled in the streets, as rats the size of meatloaves dart out of the drains to feed off the squalor.
[narrating]
Nathaniel Ayers
Lead us not into temptation. For thine is kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Forever and ever.
Steve Lopez
I tell him this is no place for him. He says he wants to be here. He says this is his choice. Should I take him at his word, or should I try to force him inside? Wouldn't a little arm-twisting be more humane than leaving him here on the streets in this lost colony of broken, helpless souls?
[narrating]
Nathaniel Ayers
I hope you sleep well, Mr. Lopez. I hope the whole world sleeps well.
A Night of Disagreement and Concern
Ray Charles
Margie is drunk, Jeff. You should go home and sleep it off.
Jeff Brown
Margie, come on now, let me take you home.
Margie Hendricks
No, I'll leave when I'm good and goddamn ready to!
Ray Charles
She's good and goddamn ready right now.
Margie Hendricks
Why don't you make me leave this, sucker! Teach you to treat me like some piece of meat!
Electro's Threat to Peter Parker
Max Dillon / Electro
What's up, Peter? How do you like my new look? Look, you give it to me, I'm gonna destroy it! But I'll let you live. Don't make me a murderer, Peter.
[Chuckles]
Understanding Place in Sports and Society
Willie Beamen
Maybe it's not racism, maybe it's placism. A brother has to know his place, right, coach?
Racial Disparities in Music Airplay History
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Who was the first artist to sing "Hound Dog"?
C.C. White
].
[[Elvis Presley]
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Big Mama Thorton. She had the number-one single on the R&B charts, but the white stations wouldn't play it, because to them it was just another race record.
Survival in Extreme Conditions
Staff Sgt. Sykes
You laugh, you die. Scratch your nose, you die. You shift your weight to take a piss, you will die. You want to shit, you better shit in your pants.
The Dynamics of Non-Belief in Community
Nathaniel Ayers
So, you guys are basically united by non-belief.
Atheist
That's right.
Nathaniel Ayers
Yeah. So, do you non-gather? And non-worship?
Atheist
We tried, but uh...
Nathaniel Ayers
Not a lot to talk about.
Atheist
Yeah... Now we have a website.
Nathaniel Ayers
Swell. Anything else you don't believe in?
[pause]
Love and Addiction in Relationships
Della Bea Robinson
You have got to stop this now.
Ray Charles
No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin'.
Della Bea Robinson
There is something that you love more then me and them boys, more then all the women you ever slept with on the road, more then all the dope you ever took.
Ray Charles
What are you talkin about?
Della Bea Robinson
It's your music! And if you keep usin that needle, they're gonna take away your music and put you in jail. Is that poison worth losin everything?
[shouts; starts to cry]
Confrontation Over Video Evidence of Murder
Nick Rice
That was you on video killing Clarence Darby, wasn't it?
Clyde Shelton
Yes, that was me.
Clyde
Okay, fair enough, that was me, Clyde Shelton on the video, killing Clarence Darby.
Nick
Not good enough, Clyde, I need specifics.
Clyde
I took his fingers with bolt cutters, his toes with tin snips, his balls with a hacksaw, and his penis with a box cutter. How's that for specifics?(!)
Uncertainty in Past Encounters
Armie
We've met before, right?
Bats
I don't know. You're still alive, right?
Armie
Uh huh.
Bats
Then I guess we ain't ever met.
The Presence of Memory and Love
Della Bea Robinson
If only your mama was here.
Ray Charles
She's here. She ain't never left.
Touring with Ray Charles: A Business Discussion
Ray Charles
I have a question for all of you: How would like to go on the road with me?
Margie Hendricks
Um, how much are you gonna pay us?
Ray Charles
Ahmet takes care of all of that.
Margie Hendricks
You mean he don't listen to you?
Ray Charles
You better know he does. Don't worry about it. Brother Ray will take care of all of you.
Margie Hendricks
Well my mama taught me to take care of myself, honey.
Ray Charles
Well is your mother here?
Margie Hendricks
No she's not, but I speak for us.
Ray Charles
Okay Speak For Us, how about $20 a week?
Margie Hendricks
We'll take $40. Each.
Ray Charles
$40 each?
Margie Hendricks
You heard me.
Ray Charles
Naw! How about $25?
Margie Hendricks
We'll take $30.
Ray Charles
I better say yes before you talk me out of my drawers.
Ray Charles
Is it a deal?
Margie Hendricks
Oh! Yeah!
Ray Charles
From now on you guys are gonna be called the Raylettes.
Margie Hendricks
Does that mean we have to "let Ray"?
Ray Charles
Oh, what am I gonna do with you?
Margie Hendricks
I'm sure you'll think of something.
Meeting of Musical Minds
Quincy Jones
Say, daddy-o, what axe you play?
Ray Charles
Uh, piano. Just blew in from Tampa, Florida. Me and my partner, Gossie McGee, came here, you know, want to fatten up our style. Cop some licks from some more experienced cats, you dig?
Quincy Jones
You know what? Why don't you let me take you inside? You know, show you around.
Ray Charles
All right. Perfect gentleman.
Quincy Jones
Yeah, this is just like my place. So, what's your name?
Ray Charles
Ray Robinson.
Quincy Jones
I'm Quincy Jones.
Importance of Preparation and Care
Nathaniel Ayers
Gotta put rosin on your bow. It's just like feeding a parakeet. A bow needs rosin just like a police car needs prisoners.
The Purpose of Music Debate
C.C. White
Isn't music supposed to express what people are feeling?
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Music is supposed to sell.
A Dispute Over Arrival Times
Fathead Newman
Ray, this fool, Joe Adams, is trying to fine for me for being late.
Ray Charles
What time did you get here?
Fathead Newman
What? Just now. The band's still setting up. Jeff never...
Joe Adams
I'm not Jeff.
Fathead Newman
That's a fact, Jack.
Jeff Brown
Ray, you said the band was my thing.
Ray Charles
That's right, I did.
Jeff Brown
Fathead, you go on back to rehearsal.
Fathead Newman
Ray! You know how it is, you've been there.
Jeff Brown
Fathead, go on now. I'll take care of this. Ray, you want to tell me what the hell is going on.
Joe Adams
I'm not doing anything I haven't been asked to do. Ray's running a business. He shouldn't have to waste time hearing why people were late.
Jeff Brown
I'm not talking to you, Joe. I'm talking to Ray.
Court Grants New Trial Amid Testimony Discrepancies
Judge Foster
Ralph Myers took the stand before this court, swore to tell the truth, and proceeded to recant most if not all of the relevant portions of his testimony at trial. Clearly, he has either perjured himself at trial or in front of this court. After careful review, it is this court's opinion that conclusive evidence has not been provided that Ralph Myers purged himself at the original trial, and that pressure put on him since his trial testimony could tend to discredit his recantation. Therefore, it is ordered a judged and decreed that the trial testimony of Ralph Myers is not found to have been perjured testimony, an now new trial shall be granted at this time. Walter McMillian shall be returned to Holman Correctional Facility where he is to face death by electrocution.
[the court congregation murmur outrageously]
John McMillian
You can't do this to us again, Judge.
[stands up from the seat]
Judge Foster
Sit down, young man.
Bryan Stevenson
John.
John McMillian
It's my dad, sir.
Walter McMillian
John, I want you to sit down now.
John McMillian
He didn't do nothing wrong.
Walter McMillian
Listen to your father. Not here.
John McMillian
He didn't do nothing wrong!
Judge Foster
Sir down right now, or you'll be arrested for contempt of court.
Bryan Stevenson
Judge, just give me one second, please. Judge, hold on one second.
Judge Foster
I won't say it again. Sir down!
John McMillian
Not of you're gonna kill my dad for no reason. Not if you're gonna kill my dad for no reason! He didn't do nothing wrong! YOU'RE KILLING MY, FAMILY, SIR!! YOU'RE KILLING MY FAMILY, SIR!! YOU!!!
[as the bailiffs try to escort John, he struggles aggressively and the bailiffs pin him to the floor face-down]
Walter McMillian
John!
Bryan Stevenson
Judge! Judge, he's not resisting!
Unexpected News Amidst Tension and Conflict
Ray Charles
You know what they're saying about me? Said I lost something. Said I've gone middle-of-the-road. They might as well say the same thing about you. You were the soul of this band, now every time you're around, you're just drunk. The drunk soul of a blind junkie. What a lovely couple. Why don't you just get outta here?
Margie Hendricks
I ain't drunk, Ray. I'm pregnant. Yeah, that's right. I'm having your baby.
Embracing a Newfound Power
Max Dillon / Electro
That's what I was feeling. The power, it's different. I like it.
Perspective on Ground vs. Air Experience
Henry Purcell
Everything's so different down here you know, as opposed to being up there. Everything on the ground seems so small and passes by so fast.
Masked Confusion Among Characters
Bats
The fuck is this mask?
JD
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[[w:Austin Powers|Austin Powers]
Eddie
Doc said ]!
[[w:Michael Myers (Halloween)|Michael Myers]
JD
This is ]!
[[w:Mike Myers|Mike Myers]
Bats
This should be the ] mask!
[[w:Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]
JD
This is a Halloween mask!
Bats
No, the killer dude from Halloween!
JD
Oh, you mean ].
[[w:Jason Vorhees|Jason]
Eddie & Bats
No!
Electro's Disappointment with Doc Ock
Max Dillon / Electro
(To Doc Ock) I liked you better before. (Blasts him through window)
Truth and Admiration in Adversity
Ray Charles
I want you to promise me something. Promise me you're gonna always tell me the truth just like you did before. Don't feel sorry for me just because I'm blind.
Della Bea Robinson
How can I pity someone I admire?
Balancing Respect Between Genders
Henry Purcell
Now I bow down to the superiority of the opposite sex in many respects. But from time to time, I believe they should bow down to me.