Ray (I) (2004)
Kerry Washington: Della Bea Robinson
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Quotes
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Ray Charles : I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.
Della Bea Robinson : [astonished] I can't hear her.
Ray Charles : You have to listen.
Della Bea Robinson : [closes her eyes, hears the hummingbird] Yes!
Ray Charles : Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?
Della Bea Robinson : What?
Ray Charles : Her heart just skipped a beat.
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[last lines]
Della Bea Robinson : If only your mama was here.
Ray Charles : She's here. She ain't never left.
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Della Bea Robinson : He isn't my gift to you, he's your son.
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Ray Charles : There's some things you're not understandin'...
Della Bea Robinson : Well, make me understand, Ray!
Ray Charles : Baby, when I walk out that door I walk out alone in the dark. I'm trying to do something ain't nobody ever done in music and business. But I can't do it if I'm alone everywhere I go. I don't wanna be alone here, Bea. Not in my own home. Look, Bea, if you don't understand me, then who will?
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Ray Charles : Ms. Antoine, it's been two weeks.
Della Bea Robinson : It's been three.
[they kiss and she pushes him inside]
Ray Charles : Well, where's the preacher at and the wife?
Della Bea Robinson : They're in Dallas till Monday.
Ray Charles : Well, hallelujah.
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Della Bea Robinson : [talking about Ray's drug problem] You have got to stop this now because there is something you love more then me...
Ray Charles : No, don't say that, Bea...
Della Bea Robinson : ...there is something you love more then me, the children, and every woman you ever slept with.
Ray Charles : No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin'
Della Bea Robinson : [shouts] It's your music!
[starts to cry]
Della Bea Robinson : And if you keep usin' that needle they'll take away your music and put you in *jail!* Is that what you want?
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Della Bea Robinson : I'm having second thoughts about this. I don't know nobody in L.A.
Ray Charles : Look, Bea, I don't want my kids growing up in the South. Now L.A. is where, you know, a Negro can spread his wings and fly.
Della Bea Robinson : Ray, my whole family is in Texas.
Ray Charles : That's why we're moving to L.A.
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[Della Bea has just discovered Ray's drug problem]
Della Bea Robinson : That stuff kills people, Ray. Now you've gotta stop it.
Ray Charles : I don't have to do a *goddamn* thing!
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Ray Charles : I want you to promise me something. Promise you won't feel sorry for me just because I'm blind.
Della Bea Robinson : How can I pity someone I admire?
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Della Bea Robinson : Let me call you a cab.
Ray Charles : I got it. Three blocks up, left for two, right for one, fifteen giant steps and I'm at the Crystal White Hotel. Hello!
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Della Bea Robinson : The only thing that can help you is God, Ray!
Ray Charles : Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.
Della Bea Robinson : Stop talking like that.
Ray Charles : As far as I'm concerned, me and God is even, and I do what I damn well please.
