Dreamgirls (2006) · 22 quotes
Most-quoted character in Dreamgirls (2006): in 8 of its 22 quotes
Most scenes with: Curtis Taylor, Jr. (2), C.C. White (2)
That's right Curtis. You stopped me once, but you'll never stop me again. [sings] 'Cause this time, Effie White's gonna win!
Effie White And I am telling you
I'm not going
You're the best man I'll ever know
There's no way I could ever go
no, no, there's no way
No, no, no, no way
I'm living without you
I'm stayin', I'm stayin'
And you, and you...you're gonna love me.
Effie White Tell me something, Curtis. Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer over a professional?
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 Martin Luther King Jr. gets his own freaking album? I mean, can he even sing?
Effie White So... Deena's going to sing the lead 'cause you like the way she looks? Am I ugly to you, Curtis?
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!
Effie White She ain't better than anybody. She ain't nothin' but common!
Now who you callin' common, you self-indulgent, self-absorbed, non-professional?
Effie White You! I'm callin' you! I'm callin' you the common piece he's knockin' off!
Now you listen to me, Miss Blame-It-On-The-World, see, I put up with you for much too long. I have put up with your bitchin', I put up with your naggin', and all your screamin' too!
Now when are you two gonna stop all this fighting?
Effie White Stay out of this, Lorrell! This is between Deena and me!
Yeah? Well, it's between me too! I'm a part of this group as anybody else! And I'm tired! Effie, I'm tired of all the problems you're makin' us!
Effie White I always knew you two were together.
What?!
Effie White I always knew you two were gangin' up on me!
She had nothing to do with this change. It was you! You always thinkin' of you! Always thinkin' of you!
I knew you were trouble from the start.
Effie White Trouble?!
You were real bad trouble from the start.
Effie White Curtis, I'm your woman!
But you're gettin' out now. I'm not building this group to have you tear it apart! Go head and rant and scream and shout! Don't worry, baby, I'll buy you out.
Effie White There's no money dirty enough to buy me out. You remember that, Curtis!
Effie, Curtis was supposed to...
Effie White Love me. Curtis was supposed to love me.
Momma, why are you so slow?
Effie White Because I'm old.
Lay off, Effie. Just take the money and run.
Effie White You in this with them, C.C.?
Cool it, Effie. This time you know what you've done.
Effie White So they bought your black ass too, huh?
I said, cool it, Effie. This time you've gone too far.
Effie White Oh, I can go further! I can go further!
