Della Bea Robinson [about one of Ray's sons]
He isn't my gift to you, he's your son.
Played by Kerry Washington 
Ray (2004) · 26 quotes
Ray (2004) · 26 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Ray (2004): in 9 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Ray Charles (8)
Scenes with Della Bea Robinson
9 scenes Della Bea Robinson I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.
Della Bea Robinson [astonished]
I can't hear her.
You have to listen.
Della Bea Robinson [closes her eyes and hears the hummingbird]
Yes!
Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?
Della Bea Robinson What?
Her heart just skipped a beat.
Miss Antoine, it's been two weeks.
Della Bea Robinson It's been three.
Della Bea Robinson They're in Dallas till Monday.
Well, hallelujah!
[After Ray and Della Bea finish making love]
I want you to promise me something. Promise me you're gonna always tell me the truth just like you did before. Don't feel sorry for me just because I'm blind.
Della Bea Robinson How can I pity someone I admire?
Della Bea Robinson [just discovered Ray's drug problem]
That stuff kills people, Ray. Now you've gotta stop it.
I don't have to do a GODDAMN thing!
There's some things you're not understandin'...
Della Bea Robinson Well, make me understand, Ray!
Baby, when I walk out that door, I walk out alone in the dark! I'm trying to do something that ain't nobody ever done in music and business. But I can't do it if I'm alone everwhere I go. I don't want to be alone here, Bea. Not in my own home. Look, Bea, if you don't understand me, then who will?
Della Bea Robinson I don't know, Ray.
Della Bea Robinson The only thing that can help you is God, Ray!
Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.
Della Bea Robinson Stop talking like that, Ray.
As far as I'm concerned, me and God is even, and I do what I damn well please. And goddamnit, if I wanna shoot, I'm gonna shoot up.
Della Bea Robinson [Della Bea talks about Ray's drug problem.]
You have got to stop this now.
No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love more then anythin'.
Della Bea Robinson There is something that you love more then me and them boys, more then all the women you ever slept with on the road, more then all the dope you ever took.
What are you talkin' about?
Della Bea Robinson [shouts]
It's your music! And if you keep usin' that needle, they're gonna take away your music and put you in jail. [starts to cry] Is that poison worth losin' everything?
Della Bea Robinson [last lines]
If only your mama was here.
She's here. She ain't never left.
