A character in Ray (2004)

Jeff Brown quotes from Ray (2004)

Clifton Powell
Played by Clifton Powell Ray (2004) · 26 quotes

3rd most-quoted character in Ray (2004): in 5 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: Ray Charles (4), Joe Adams (3), Margie Hendricks (2)

Scenes with Jeff Brown

5 scenes

Margie is drunk, Jeff. You should go home and sleep it off.

Jeff Brown

Margie, come on now, let me take you home.

No, I'll leave when I'm good and goddamn ready to!

She's good and goddamn ready right now.

Why don't you make me leave this, sucker! Teach you to treat me like some piece of meat!

[Ray is recording "Georgia on My Mind".]

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.

Well, what are we then, Jeff? Something old?

Fathead Newman

Yeah, what about us? We got to eat too.

Fathead Newman

Ray, this fool, Joe Adams, is trying to fine for me for being late.

What time did you get here?

Fathead Newman

What? Just now. The band's still setting up. Jeff never...

I'm not Jeff.

Fathead Newman

That's a fact, Jack.

Jeff Brown

Ray, you said the band was my thing.

That's right, I did.

Jeff Brown

Fathead, you go on back to rehearsal.

Fathead Newman

Ray! You know how it is, you've been there.

Jeff Brown

Fathead, go on now. I'll take care of this. Ray, you want to tell me what the hell is going on.

I'm not doing anything I haven't been asked to do. Ray's running a business. He shouldn't have to waste time hearing why people were late.

Jeff Adams

I'm not talking to you, Joe. I'm talking to Ray.

[accuses Jeff of stealing]

Promoters swear that you did side deals so that you could strip my overages. How could you do that? We've been through so much. We were like brothers.

Jeff Brown

You know, Ray... if we were like brothers, why are you paying Joe more than you're paying me?

Damn all that. You broke my heart, man.

Jeff Brown

You know what, Ray? You broke mine a long goddamn time ago.

Well, there it is.

Jeff Brown
[walks away]

You know something, Ray? You're gonna get yours one day. And I pray to God he has mercy on you soul, you son of a bitch!

[walks out of his office]

Everything all right, Ray?

How the hell do you think it is?

Jeff Brown

Ray, I know that jealous bastard planted that lie in your head, but I've never stolen from you, Ray, and I never will. I got myself a small business loan. And, yeah, Milt Shaw was giving me a little extra, but I'm not a thief, Ray.

[accuses Jeff of stealing]

Then, what about that, Jeff, huh? Promoters swearing that you did side deals with them so that you could strip my overages. How could you do that? We've been through so much. We were like brothers.

Jeff Brown

You know what, Ray... if we were like brothers, why are you paying Joe more than you're paying me?

Damn all that. You broke my heart, man.

Jeff Brown

Well, you know what, Ray? You broke mine a long goddamn time ago.

Well, there it is.

Jeff Brown
[walks away]

You know something, Ray? You're gonna get yours one day. And I pray to God he has mercy on your soul, you son of a bitch!

[walks out of his office]

Everything all right, Ray?

How the hell do you think it is?

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