Chris Quote #551
Quote from Chris in Everybody Hates James
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Meanwhile my father wasn't the only one trying to keep something undercover.
Mr. Perkins: Chris, just the man I want to see. How are things going with Cleavon?
Chris: Cleavon? Oh, yeah, great.
Mr. Perkins: What kinds of things have you been enjoying together?
Chris: A lot of stuff.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And the lying-through-your- teeth award goes to...
Chris: We worked on an art project the other day. [Jason spray-painting graffiti] We also spent some time with the disabled. [Jason robbing a blind man playing the saxophone] And later on today, we're going to go hang out with some neighborhood kids.
[flashback: James with a bully who's hanging a White kid off a balcony]
Kid: Don't drop me please! No, I'll pay, I swear! No, no, please! Let me go! Let me go, please! I'll pay! Please, don't drop me!
[present:]
Mr. Perkins: Well, that's great. We can discuss it more at your interview.
Chris: You want us here together?
Mr. Perkins: 3pm. See you tomorrow.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] No, he won't.
Everybody Hates Chris Quotes
‘Everybody Hates James’ Quotes
Quote from Rochelle
Rochelle: Okay, shh! Last time. [tapes] Hello. No one is available to take this call right now. Please leave a message at the sound of the beep. [stops tape] See? Is that good for everybody?
Chris: Yeah, that was good.
Drew: Yeah.
Tonya: You sound like a White woman.
Rochelle: Get out of here before I smack the naps out your hair.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Now she sounds like a Black woman.
Quote from Rochelle
Rochelle: What's in the bag?
Julius: I'm throwing out your makeup.
Rochelle: You're doing what?!
Julius: Oprah said you don't have to paint your face for me. I love you just the way you are.
Rochelle: Oprah doesn't know what I look like without my makeup!
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And neither does my father.
Rochelle: Julius, baby, do you know what's in this bag? Rochelle is in this bag! See, here's Rochelle's lips, here's her eyelashes, her complexion, her cheeks, her fingernails! Julius, I don't know what Oprah's saying, but she's giving out very dangerous information. Baby, there are certain things that men just don't need to know about women.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Like everything.
Julius: I'm sorry. I just wanted to let you know you're good enough for me. Even if your face is inside this bag.
Rochelle: Thank you. I appreciate that. Baby, you really want to do something for me?
Julius: Anything.
Rochelle: Stop watching Oprah.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That's how Oprah's audience turned from all men to all women.
Quote from Ms. Morello
Ms. Morello: Just because your work on the field is done doesn't mean your job with the team is over. It's time to start thinking about what we do in the field of life. So I've signed the team up for community service.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That's what they used to call slavery.
Ms. Morello: I myself have always been a big supporter of big brothers.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] She's not talking about the organization.
[flashback to Ms. Morello sitting at a bar when a Black man walks up:]
Ms. Morello: My... you're a big brother. Let's dance.