Tap (1989)

Gregory Hines: Max

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• Max Washington : I don't do it like everyone else, remember?

• Max Washington : Listen. Listen, Mo. Now, I know you guys were good in your day, but since you ain't got no legs anymore, there's no reason...

  Little Mo : Hey, hey, hey. What do you mean? You think we ain't got no legs? Is that what you saying? Sandman. Come in here, come in here. You know what this young man said? We ain't got no legs. That means I ain't got no legs, you ain't got no legs. And them men in there ain't got no legs! Now, what does that sound like to you?

  Sandman : A challenge.

  Max Washington : Now, I ain't challenge nobody.

  Little Mo : Ohhhhh, yes, you did. Challenge!

  Harold : Hey, challenge!

• Amy : You put this on? It was a good routine, wasn't it?

  Max Washington : Yeah. Yeah. The black Fred and Ginger, huh? Another one of my father's lame ideas. About 40 years too late.

  Amy : It wasn't lame. It was romantic. You looked so good in your tuxedo.

  Max Washington : It's true. I did.

• Max Washington : [singing]  When you think you got, Nothin' left to lose, I got news, The piper's gonna be paid, That's why I say, Can't escape the rhythm, It's been inside me too long, It won't break, It's too strong...

• Amy : I don't deserve that.

  Max Washington : You never did, Amy.