Ray (I) (2004)
Bokeem Woodbine: Fathead Newman
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Quotes
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Fathead Newman : This ain't no weed, Ray. And we ain't snorting no bitch. This is boy! Boy'll make your ass null and void.
Ray Charles : Null and void, just like my life.
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Fathead Newman : Look at Ray over there. You see that? He feels her wrist because he figures that's the way to tell if she's good looking or not.
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Ray Charles : From now on we're gonna sing a four part harmony. Ethel, I want you to sing alto. Margie, I want you to sing tenor. Pat, soprano, and Mary Ann, bass.
Mary Ann Fisher : I ain't no bass. I'm a soprano.
Margie Hendricks : I'll sing bass. Where we come from we can sing anything.
Mary Ann Fisher : We talking about singing, sugar, not hog calling.
Fathead Newman : Oh that's cold.
Margie Hendricks : Who you calling a hog?
Mary Ann Fisher : Well, if the corn cob fits.
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[Ray is recording "Georgia on my Mind"]
Margie Hendricks : Listen to that crap. I thought you said ABC wasn't gonna force nothing on him.
Jeff Brown : They didn't. It was Ray's idea. Something new.
Margie Hendricks : What are we then, Jeff? Something old?
Fathead Newman : Yeah. We got to eat too.
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Fathead Newman : Ray, this fool, Joe Adams, is trying to fine me for being late.
Ray Charles : What time did you get here?
Fathead Newman : What? Just now. The band's still setting up. Jeff never...
Joe Adams : I'm not Jeff.
Fathead Newman : That's a fact, Jack.
Jeff Brown : Ray, you said the band was my thing.
Ray Charles : 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's going on man?
Joe Adams : 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 Brown : I'm not talking to you, Joe. I'm talking to Ray.
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Joe Adams : You don't have to talk to Ray, you're talking to me.
Fathead Newman : I'll talk to whoever I damn well please and it sure as hell ain't you.