Leslie Odom Jr.Quotes

Leslie Odom Jr.
Birthday
August 6th, 1981
From
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Actor

One Night in Miami... - The Nature of Influence and Passion

Sam Cooke: But you still obey them, so when they tell you to come out here to recruit Cassius to become a member of some...
Malcolm X: I didn't make Cassius do anything! He came to me for insight, he had questions. His passion for Islam come from a pure...
Cassius Clay: Passion... is kind of a strong word.

One Night in Miami... - The Power of Voice and Identity

Malcolm X: What kind of message are you sending, though, by doing one show for white folks and a completely different show for black folks, Sam?
Malcolm X: No, listen to me, you're performing in places where the only black people not on stage are the ones serving the food.
Sam Cooke: Don't you think I know that? I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach out and punch somebody.
Malcolm X: Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon that you have, man: your voice! Black people, we, we standing up! We, we speaking out!
Sam Cooke: Umm hm.
Malcolm X: Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, beautiful outlets of us all. You're not using it to help the cause, brother.
Sam Cooke: The hell I'm not! I got the masters to my songs. I started a label, I'm producing tons of black artists. Don't you think my determining my own creative and business destiny is every bit as inspiring to people as you standing up on a podium trying to piss em off?

One Night in Miami... - Irony in a Flavorful Conversation

Jim Brown: [regarding the ice cream in the motel room] Well, what flavor is it?
Malcolm X: [pulls a second carton out of the freezer] Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy... ...and vanilla.
Jim Brown: Shit.
Sam Cooke: How's that for irony?
Malcolm X: Last time I checked, Brother Sam, vanilla was your flavor of choice.

One Night in Miami... - Celebration versus Responsibility in a Friendship

Sam Cooke: [starts singing] It's time to take this party to the Fountainbleu, whoo! Havin a party...
Malcolm X: You've obviously forgotten, brother Cassius no longer drinks.
Sam Cooke: And you obviously haven't smelled his breath in the last hour.

One Night in Miami... - Commentary on Priorities in Society

Sam Cooke: The only color they care about in the Cali is the color green.

One Night in Miami... - Sam Cooke Reflects on a Powerful Song

Sam Cooke: [On [[Bob Dylan] ]'s "Blowin in the Wind"] I felt I should have written that song.

One Night in Miami... - Desiring the recipe, not just a piece.

Sam Cooke: Everybody talks about they wantin a piece of the pie, well I don't. I want the goddamn recipe.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - The Art of Imaginary Words

Benoit Blanc: [[brain; [word] The killer nearly struck my Achilles Heel. But thank high heaven, at the last moment, I realized what had teased my entire ] through this entire case: ..."imbreathiate". ...It's not a ].
Miles Bron: Can we just take a second and fully imbreathiate this moment?
Benoit Blanc: It's not a real word. It kinda sounds like one, but it's just entirely made up. Now "reclamation", now, well, that... that is a word, but it's the wrong word.
Miles Bron: This place is the full reclamation of everything I've achieved up to now.
Benoit Blanc: This entire day...
Miles Bron: The predefinite detective.
Benoit Blanc: [[malapropism] ...a veritable minefield of ]s...
Miles Bron: The infraction point.
Benoit Blanc: [[fact] ... and ]ual errors.
Miles Bron: Bask in the sun, swim in the Ionian Sea.
Benoit Blanc: [points at the sea outside the mansion; [Aegean Sea] THAT is the ].
Claire Debella: Oh, yeah, it is. It is.
Benoit Blanc: [[mystery] His dock doesn't float. His wonder fuel... is a disaster. His grasp of disruption theory is remedial at best. He didn't design the puzzle boxes. He didn't write the ]. Et voila! It all adds up! The key to this entire case, and it was staring me right in the face. Like everyone in the world, I assumed Miles Bron was a complicated genius, but why? Look into the clear center of this Glass Onion: Miles Bron is an idiot!
Miles Bron: Oh, please, just tell us who tried to kill me.
Benoit Blanc: Nobody tried to kill you, you vainglorious buffoon!