Shaft (2000)
Samuel L. Jackson: John Shaft
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Quotes
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John Shaft : You know me. It's my duty to please that booty!
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Peoples Hernandez : This is Egyptian Cotton, motherfucker... two-twenty thread. That's like half your shitty-ass paycheck, okay?
John Shaft : You wouldn't know Egyptian cotton if the Pharaoh himself sent it to you, you knockoff-wearing motherfucker!
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Peoples Hernandez : You're not a cop anymore.
John Shaft : Do you think that makes me less dangerous, or more dangerous?
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Walter Wade, Jr. : Do you know who my father is?
John Shaft : No, do you?
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John Shaft : Yo, Luger, what's up with the "cornbread" talk, man?
Luger : And your problem is what?
John Shaft : Nazis with badges, that's my problem!
Luger : [laughs] "Nazis?" You gotta lighten up, Shaft. I talk like this all the time... but I see your point. Maybe I should take an "ethnic sensitivity" workshop, huh? Fuck you!
John Shaft : Maybe I should "workshop" my foot up your ass!
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[Trey starts seizing on the gurney]
Walter Wade, Jr. : Homeboy's got rhythm, huh?
John Shaft : What?
[Shaft punches Wade in the face]
Walter Wade, Jr. : What? Was it something I said? I think my nose is broke!
Lt. Kearney : I've been waiting for this. You are gone from this precinct!
John Shaft : For what?
John Shaft : [punches Wade again] For that?
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John Shaft : Who lost your rap sheet for you?
Leon : You...
John Shaft : Who got you that Jets tryout?
Leon : You...
John Shaft : Who got you that gig at the club?
Leon : You.
John Shaft : Who delivers ten times outta ten?
Leon : Alright, dawg... You.
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[Inside Rasaan's apartment]
John Shaft : Man, this is some repugnant shit.
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John Shaft : I'm gonna fuck you up for making me run!
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John Shaft : I know cats who'd take out whole zipcodes for that kind of cheese.
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John Shaft : It's Giuliani time!
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John Shaft : I see you someplace I don't think you belong... I will kill you.
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John Shaft : This is Detective Vasquez. She's...
Carmen Vasquez : She's unavailable at the moment.
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John Shaft : [passing Carmen on his way toward gang members] Anybody lookin' to maintain their employment with the NYPD
[draws his gun]
John Shaft : might be in their best interest to leave now...
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John Shaft : April Fool, motherfucker. Told you not to make me run!
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John Shaft : [to Walter Wade] How you doing, Richie Rich? Remember me?
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John Shaft : Hey! Hey goddammit! Hey! Don't make me chase you, you gonna piss me off!
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Luger : [to Shaft] Why don't you pick a color? Black or blue?
Carmen Vasquez : [to Luger] Hey, fuck you
John Shaft : [to Luger] How about I make you both?
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Luger : [after robbing Walter in disguise] How'd I sound?
John Shaft : How did you sound?
Luger : "Freeze mofo I'll bust a cap in your dome"
John Shaft : You are a pure notorious P.I.G, how much we got?
Luger : [looking through the bag] forty two thousand , it's a lot of cash for a simple murder around here
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John Shaft : [hits Hernandez in the head with a basketball] Peoples Hernandez! Come on down!
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Big Raymond : Yo, Shaft, you got a call. Guy says it's urgent. I think it's the clinic. I believe the test results may have come back.
John Shaft : Today we find out if I'm your daddy or the German shepherd.
Big Raymond : Ooh. Pretty good. Ha, ha.