Greased Lightning (1977)
Richard Pryor: Wendell Scott
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Quotes
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[searching for car parts in a scrap yard]
Peewee : What'chyou looking for, Wendell?
Wendell Scott : Some of this, some of that, some of everything. A universal joint.
Peewee : Hmph. I wouldn't know a universal joint if it bit me.
Wendell Scott : Well, one's about to bite you.
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Mr. Jones : Didn't you ever have any crazy ideas? Lord knows, I had a few when I was your age.
Wendell Scott : I had a few, sir, but I don't know if I should talk about it.
Mr. Jones : Oh, go right ahead. We all family here.
Wendell Scott : Well, sir, I wanted to be a champion race car driver.
Mr. Jones : That's the craziest one I ever heard, all right. Who'd you think you's going to race with? Not them good old white boys?
Wendell Scott : Yes sir, all depended.
Mr. Jones : Depended on when hell freezes over.
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Deputy Turner : Boy, how old's that girl?
Wendell Scott : She fourteen, sir.
Deputy Turner : Fourteen. Girl, don't you let that boy knock you up. You know how you folks are.
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Wendell Scott : I love you, Mary. Tomorrow you'll be my wife. Tonight you're going to be my lover.
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Mary : They laid off some more people today at the mill, mostly colored folk.
Wendell Scott : That figures.
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Mary : You got paint all over the floor.
Wendell Scott : It's all right. We can clean it up.
Mary : You mean I'm going to clean it up.
Wendell Scott : It doesn't matter, does it?
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Mary : It's not the money, is it? You like the risk, don't you?
Wendell Scott : Ain't no risk, baby. I like to ride.
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Wendell Scott : [singing] Here comes Peter Cottontail, Hoppin' down the bunny trail...
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Billy Joe Byrnes : Yellow flag means caution. So, you slow down.
Wendell Scott : Yellow flag, caution. I slow down. Put my foot on the brakes.
Billy Joe Byrnes : That's it. Black flag means get the hell off the track.
Wendell Scott : Get the hell off the track on the black flag.
Billy Joe Byrnes : And a white flag means you got one lap left to do.
Wendell Scott : One lap left to do on the white flag.
Billy Joe Byrnes : That's it. You understand it?
Wendell Scott : I believe so, sir. Tell me about the checkered flag.
Billy Joe Byrnes : I wouldn't worry about that checkered flag if I was you, boy.
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Hutch : What'd you get? Fourth?
Wendell Scott : What'd you get?
Hutch : I got a busted radiator, ass face.
Wendell Scott : Peckerhead, I got two tickets to the Colonial restaurant for dinner.
Hutch : You think you got two tickets. Cause, I happen to know they don't serve no boogies at this restaurant.
Wendell Scott : They're going to serve this *boogie*.
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Wendell Scott : See what you get for fourth place. Ain't that somethin'?
Woodrow : You would've had first place, if it wasn't for Beau Welles.
Wendell Scott : To hell with Beau Welles! I got some plans for his ass. We on our way, Woodrow!
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Wendell Scott : Just help me change the tires.
Hutch : Yessuh, boss. I's a comin', boss.
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Wendell Scott : You're my friend, and I care for you. I want to see you do good.
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Peewee : You entered the Grand National this morning?
Wendell Scott : Sure did, Peewee.
Peewee : You lyin'?
Wendell Scott : No, I 'aint.
Peewee : You got a car?
Wendell Scott : No.
Peewee : You got a crew?
Wendell Scott : No.
Peewee : Then, what you got?
Wendell Scott : Heart.
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Wendell Scott : That ain't funny, nigger.
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Wendell Scott : I got the best damn car and I can drive my black ass off. I know it!
Peewee : Yeah, you the best nigger race driver I ever seen in my life.
Wendell Scott : Tell 'em about it!
Peewee : In fact, you the *only* nigger race driver I ever seen in my life.
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Beau Welles : What's the matter, boy? Having trouble with your tires?
Wendell Scott : Damn.
Beau Welles : Hey, colored boy, I'm talking to you.
Wendell Scott : What you want, Beau?
Beau Welles : I got two cars in this race. When that green flag drops, I'll drive one right up your ass.
Wendell Scott : That suits me fine. Because you'll be behind. I'll be in front.
Beau Welles : Boy, there's nothing I hate worse than a smart-aleck nigger.
