[Coffey thinks of Top Hat as he's being strapped to the electric chair.]
3rd most-quoted character in The Green Mile (1999): in 8 of its 25 quotes
Most scenes with: Wild Bill (4), Paul Edgecomb (3)
Heaven… I'm in heaven… heaven…
[Coffey is entraced watching Astaire and Rogers dancing "Cheek to Cheek" in Top Hat.]
More lines from John Coffey
3 quotes John Coffey Why, they's angels. Angels just like up in heaven.
[Repeated throughout the film]
John Coffey John Coffey, just like the drink, but not spelled the same.
Scenes with John Coffey
4 scenes
[The day after Coffey cures Edgecombe's urinary infection, Edgecombe brings Coffey some cornbread.]
It's from my missus. She wanted to… thank you.
John Coffey Thank me for what?
Well, you know. [looks around, then whispers] For helping me.
John Coffey Helpin' you with what?
You know.
John Coffey [Edgecomb looks down and points to his groin.]
Ohhhhh. Was your missus pleased?
Several times.
Dean Stanton [After Coffey brings Mr. Jingles back to life…]
What did you do?
John Coffey I helped Del's mouse. He a circus mouse. Gonna live in a mouse city, down in… [struggles with a word]
Brutus "Brutal" Howell Florida?
John Coffey [Coffey nods.]
Boss Percy bad. He mean. He step on Del's mouse. I took it back, t'ough.
[Coffey seizes a suffering Edgecombe for a few moments, then spews a mysterious insect-like cloud, which dissipates.]
What did you just do to me?
John Coffey I helped it. Didn't I help it? I just took it back, is all. Awful tired now, boss. Dog tired.
John… tell me what you want me to do. You want me to take you out o' here? Just let you run away? See how far you could get?
John Coffey Why would you do such a foolish thing?
On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I… did I kill one of his true… miracles… what am I gonna say? That it was my job? [muttering] It was my job.
John Coffey You tell God the Father it was a kindness you done.
John Coffey [Coffey puts his hand on Edgecombe's wrung ones.]
I know you hurtin' and worryin'. I can feel it on you. But you oughta quit on it now. I want it over and done with. I do. I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with, to tell me where we's going to, or coming from, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand?
Yes, John, I think I can.
