One Night in Miami... (2020)

Leslie Odom Jr.: Sam Cooke

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Quotes 

• Sam Cooke : Everybody talks about they wantin' a piece of the pie, well I don't. I want the goddamn recipe.

• Sam Cooke : It's time to take this party to the Fountainbleu, Whoo!

  [starts singing] 

  Sam Cooke : Havin' a party...

  Malcolm X : You've obviously forgotten, brother Cassius no longer drinks.

  Sam Cooke : And you obviously haven't smelled his breath in the last hour.

• Sam Cooke : [On Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind"]  I felt I should have written that song.

• Jim Brown : [regarding the ice cream in the motel room]  Well, what flavor is it?

  Malcolm X : Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy...

  [pulls a second carton out of the freezer] 

  Malcolm X : ...and vanilla.

  Jim Brown : Shit.

  Sam Cooke : How's that for irony?

  Malcolm X : Last time I checked, Brother Sam, vanilla was your flavor of choice.

• Malcolm X : What kind of message are you sending, though, by doing one show for white folks and a completely different show for black folks, Sam?

  Sam Cooke : [laughing in contempt]  Ha.

  Malcolm X : No, listen to me, you're performing in places where the only black people not on stage are the ones serving the food.

  Sam Cooke : Don't you think I know that? I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach out and punch somebody.

  Malcolm X : Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon that you have, man: your voice! Black people, we, we standing up! We, we speaking out!

  Sam Cooke : Umm hm.

  Malcolm X : Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, beautiful outlets of us all. You're not using it to help the cause, brother

  Sam Cooke : The hell I'm not! I got the masters to my songs. I started a label, I'm producing tons of black artists. Don't you think my determining my own creative and business destiny is every bit as inspiring to people as you standing up on a podium trying to piss 'em off?

• Sam Cooke : Everybody talks about wantin' a piece of the pie, well I don't. I want the goddamn recipie!

• Sam Cooke : The only color they care about in the Cali is the color green.

• Sam Cooke : But you still obey them, so when they tell you to come out here to recruit Cassius to become a member of some...

  Malcolm X : I didn't make Cassius do anything! He came to me for insight, he had questions. His passion for Islam come from a pure...

  Cassius Clay : Passion... is kind of a strong word.