Dreamgirls (2006) · 22 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Dreamgirls (2006): in 5 of its 22 quotes
Most scenes with: Effie White (2), C.C. White (2)
Deena, you know why I chose you to sing lead? Because your voice... has no personality. No depth. Except for what I put in there.
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...
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?
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.
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!
Curtis Taylor Jr. Who was the first artist to sing "Hound Dog"?
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.
Isn't music supposed to express what people are feeling?
Curtis Taylor Jr. Music is supposed to sell.
