Tom Robinson Seemed like every time I passed by yonder, she'd have some little somethin' for me to do, choppin' kindlin', and totin' water for her.
Played by Brock Peters 
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) · 57 quotes
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) · 57 quotes
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): in 4 of its 57 quotes
A line from Tom RobinsonI can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.
More lines from Tom Robinson
2 quotes Tom Robinson Tom Robinson Well, I said I best be goin', I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chifforobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she...grabbed me aroun' the legs. (A murmur erupts in the courthouse) She scared me so bad I hopped down an' turned the chair over. That was the only thing, only furniture 'sturbed in the room, Mr. Finch, I swear, when I left it....Mr. Finch, I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. She reached up an' kissed me on the face. She said she'd never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss me. She says for me to kiss her back. And I said, Miss Mayella, let me outta here, an' I tried to run. Mr. Ewell cussed at her from the window and said he's gonna kill her.
Scenes with Tom Robinson
1 scene
Gilmer How come you're so all-fired anxious to do that woman's chores?
Tom Looks like she didn't have nobody to help her. Like I said...
Gilmer With Mr. Ewell and seven children on the place? You did all this choppin' and work out of sheer goodness, boy? Ha, ha. You're a mighty good fella, it seems. Did all that for not one penny.
Tom Yes, sir. I felt right sorry for her. She seemed...
Gilmer You felt sorry for her? A white woman? You felt sorry for her?
