Regina King movie quotes

View Quote I don't want to sound foolish, but remember love is what brought you here. And if you've trusted love this far, don't panic now. Trust it all the way.

View Quote This is a sacrament. And no, I ain't lost my mind. We are drinking to new life.

View Quote That child that's coming, that's your grandchild. I don't understand you. It's your grandchild. What difference does it make how it gets here. The child ain't got nothin' to do with that. Ain't none of us got nothing to do with that!

View Quote Gracie: Oh, God, I just don't see why I couldn't be Tina.
Fuller: You don't see that?
Gracie: I am the Tina Turner fan.

View Quote Foreman: I can't do this.
Gracie: yes, you can. Remember what Louis Vuitton said, "It's in the bag." You can do this.
Foreman: Okay.
Fuller: He can't do this.
Joel: He's going down like a fat woman on a greased fire pole.
Foreman: I heard that.

View Quote Gracie: I got bad news. We want in those dressing rooms, we have to perform.
Fuller: I am not going out there as a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be Tina Turner. I can't afford therapy on my salary.

View Quote [Ray is recording "Georgia on My Mind".]
Margie Hendricks: Listen to that crap. I thought you said ABC wasn't gonna force that nothing on him.
Jeff Brown: They didn't. It was Ray's idea. Something new.
Margie Hendricks: Well, what are we then, Jeff? Something old?
Fathead Newman: Yeah, what about us? We got to eat too.

View Quote 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.
[The Cookies cheer and laugh]
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.

View Quote 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!

View Quote Charlie: What's going on?
Phil: Your worst nightmare.
Charlie: What?
Phil: Mr. Broccoli's a no-show.
Kim: How was your day, baby?
Charlie: I lost my J-O-B.
Kim: You lost your J-O-B?
Charlie: I got F-I-R-E-D. Me and 300 other people.
Kim: They cannot do that.
[Miss Harridan reads a flyer for a fundraiser called "Rock for Daddy Day Care"]
Miss Harridan: "Rock for Daddy Day Care. Help us finance our new permanent home." [put the flyer on her desk; to Jenny] Do you know what this means?
Jenny: It's a chance to improve ourselves through a little healthy competition?
Miss Harridan: [frustrated] No, you bubble-headed idiot. It's a death sentence. If they get their hands on a big enough space, they'll ruin me. They're selling fun. I can't compete with fun. [turns away in anger] I should've crushed them in the beginning when they were weak. It'll be harder now, but I have no choice. I've got to stop them.
Jenny: How're you gonna do that?
[Miss Harridan turns back to Jenny and smiles cruelly]
Miss Harridan: By any means necessary.
Becca: We need more learning about things!
Charlie: More learning about things?
Becca: Yes. We're at a very critical age. You have to feed our minds!
Charlie [to Phil]: Today, we need some organization and planned activities.
Phil: No. We need Ritalin and leashes, that's what we need.
Jamie's Mom [to Jamie]: Who are you going to call if there's any problem? (gives her a phone)
Jamie: 911, Mommy.
Jamie's Mom: Oh, such a good girl!

View Quote Kim: So, Pooch, how was your first day at school?
Ben: Okay.
Kim: Just Okay?
Ben: I don't know anybody there.
Kim: Oh, well, give it some time. You'll make some friends. [to Charlie] How was your day, baby?
Charlie: I lost my J-O-B.
Kim: You lost your J-O-B?
Charlie: I got F-I-R-E-D. Me and 300 other people.
Kim: They cannot do that. What about Jim Fields? Can't he do something?
Charlie: Jim Fields is the one that pulled the trigger. Now, he's not gonna be inclined to do anything 'cause when I found out it was him, I told him he could take a flying F...
Kim Hinton: Charlie!
[Charlie and Kim turn to Ben, who wipes his nose on the back of his right hand; they turn back to each other]
Charlie: H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P. Don't worry about this. I'm a guy in demand, and I'll have a new job in a week. A week.

View Quote [Charlie and Kim stop by the trailer park]
Charlie: This is the right address.
Kim: You gotta be kidding me!
Charlie: Hey, we can at least check it out, you know!
Kim: Ben is NOT going here!
Charlie: Looks can be deceiving, let me just go take a look!
Kim: "Looks can be deceiving"?! We're in a trailer park!
[Charlie walks out of the car and is greeted by an overweight woman with a cigarette in her mouth and carrying a baby at the same time]
Trailer Park Lady: Yeah...???
Charlie: I might've made a mistake; I'm looking for the preschool.
Trailer Park Lady: [putting her cigarette away] Oh-ho, yes, it is! [flips around a "BEWARE OF DOG" sign to reveal that "TOUCH OF EDEN PRESCHOOL" is written on the back] Welcome to the- [goes into a smoking induced coughing fit] Sorry...Welcome to the Touch of Eden Preschool, can I help you?
Charlie: [realizing that Kim was totally right] Oh, no thank you... [the next place on their list is a farmhouse owned by an old couple. They walk up to an old woman fanning herself] Is this the right place???
Kim: I think so...
Old Woman: [gets up to greet Charlie and Kim] Hello...
Charlie: Hi!
Old Woman: [leads Charlie and Kim off the porch] We keep the children right around here!
[Cut to the old woman and her husband opening a cellar door to show where they keep the children. Charlie and Kim look into the cellar, and are shocked by what they see...None of it is shown on camera, but it's obvious they don't want to put Ben in there]
Old Woman's Husband: Go ahead! After you, ma'am!
[Charlie and Kim instantly start running away from the old couple]
Charlie: Where'd you get the address to this place?!
Kim: No, you picked this place!
Charlie: We should report this to somebody! [the third and final stop on their tour is a seemingly normal house] Alright, now that's what I'm talking about! See, I knew there had to be at least ONE decent place in town!
Kim: Yeah, it looks alright...
[A squadron of police cars whizz past Charlie and Kim, parking in front of the house, presumably to arrest the owner of the daycare center]
Police Officer: [through the megaphone] THIS IS THE POLICE. WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED.
Charlie: [freaking out] OH, SHIT! GO!!
[Charlie and Kim drive off]

View Quote [Looking over an inadequate contract offer]
Jerry: I'll go back to them.
Marcee: And say what? "Please remove your dick from my ass"?! I'm sorry. I'm just a little pregnant right now.

View Quote Tyson: [pointing to Rod on the TV] That's my mofo!
Marcee: Why don't you be the first man in your family not to say that word? And then we'll let you live.

View Quote Rod: Tell me what to do, Jerry. You tell me to eat lima beans, I'll eat lima beans. If you say take the shitty deal, that's all we can get --
Marcee: "All we can get?"
Rod: Can I SPEAK with my agent here?
Marcee: You know what you're qonna do, Rodney. You're gonna reject this shitty contract. You're gonna play out your existing shitty contract and go be a free agent next year and the hell with Arizona. This is us, and we determine our worth. You're a fine, proud, surviving, splendid black man.
Rod: Honey, you are just -- the shit.
Jerry: If you get injured, you get nothing.
Rod: Won't happen. I'm strong in my mind.
Jerry: It's a risk.
Rod: Bet on me, dude. Bet on me like I bet on you.

View Quote Dynamite: [to Dusty] I'm Dynamite. This is Blackout, Pinecone, Avalanche, and that crazy guy over there is Drip.

View Quote Dynamite: Drip, what's the heck the matter with you? You nearly took off the guy's canopy!

View Quote Dynamite: PULL BACK! PULL BACK. Let's go! Let's go right now!