Jody Quotes in Earthquake (1974)

Jody: You've got to forget about the way it used to be. Your brother could be dead! Nobody left but me to take care of you.

Rosa: Well, I have another brother in San Francisco... and he's in the Mafia.

Reg: Jody, what the hell are you doing here? You're dead.

Jody: So what else is new?

Jody: "Why do you think you're such a smoky somethin' when you're nothin' painted blue?"

Jody: Lance! The goddamn phone's ringing!

Lance: [getting up to answer the phone] I can hear it.

Jody: I thought you told those fucking assholes never to call here this late!

Lance: Yeah, I told them. And that is exactly what I'm going to tell this fucking asshole, right now.

Jody: [after Mia survives an overdose from an adrenaline injection] That was pretty fucking trippy...

[laughs]

Lance: [handing Vincent the needle] Here, I'll tell you what to do.

Vincent: No no no no man, man I ain't giving her... You... you, you're gonna give her the shot...

Lance: No, you're gonna give her the shot...

Vincent: I ain't givin' her the shot...

Lance: Well, I ain't givin' her the shot!

Vincent: I never done this before!

Lance: Yeah, I ain't ever done it before either, alright? I ain't starting now! Look, you brought her here, and that means that you're giving her the shot. The day that I bring an OD-ing bitch over to your house, then I give her the shot. Give her the shot.

Vincent: [taking the needle] Give it to me.

Jody: [handing him the marker] Here.

Vincent: [Taking the marker] Gimme that.

Vincent: [Lance is looking for a medical book] Hurry up, Lance! We're losing her!

Lance: I'm lookin' as fast as I can!

Jody: [to Vincent] What's he looking for?

Vincent: I dunno. Some book.

Jody: [to Lance] What're you looking for?

Lance: A little black medical book!

Jody: What're you looking for?

Lance: A little black fuckin' medical book! It's like a textbook they give to nurses.

Jody: I never saw no medical book.

Lance: Trust me, I have one.

Jody: Well, if it's so important, why don't you keep it with the shot?

Lance: I DON'T KNOW! STOP BOTHERING ME!

Jody: Listen, while you're looking for it, that girl's gonna die on our carpet! You're never gonna find anything in this mess!

Lance: I'm gonna fuckin' kill you IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP!

Vincent: [from the other room] STOP ARGUING AND GET IN HERE!

Trudi: You know how they use that gun to pierce your ears? They don't use that when they pierce your nipples, do they?

Jody: Forget that gun. That gun goes against the entire idea behind piercing. All of my piercings, sixteen places on my body, all of them done with a needle. Five in each ear, one through the nipple on my left breast, one through my right nostril, one through my left eyebrow, one in my lip, one in my clit... and I wear a stud in my tongue.

Vincent: Excuse me, but I was just wondering... why do you wear a stud in your tongue?

Jody: It's a sex thing. It helps fellatio.

Lance: Don Vincenzo. Step into my office?

Jody: [seeing Mia on the floor] Who's she?

Lance: Look, go to the fridge and get the thing with the O.D. adrenalin shot.

Jody: What's wrong with her?

Vincent: She's O.D.ing!

Jody: Get her the hell outta her!

Lance, Vincent: GET THE SHOT!

Jody: Fuck you! Fuck you, too!

Vincent: What a fuckin' bitch!

Lance: You just keep talking to her, all right? She's getting the shot, I'm gonna get my little black medical book.

Vincent: What the fuck do you need a medical book for?

Lance: I've never had to give an adrenalin shot.

Vincent: You never give an adrenalin shot?

Lance: I've never had to, all right! I don't go joy-poppin' with bubble-gummers! My friends can handle their highs!

Vincent: GET THE SHOT!

Jody: How ya doin', dummy?

Daisy Domergue: Better... now that I see your ugly face!

Jody: [to Smithers] Remember old man, if my sister doesn't make it out of this mountain alive, neither do you.

Jody: The name of the game here is patience.

Jody: [smiling as he reveals himself at Minnie's haberdashery] I'm Jody. It's a pleasant surprise to find such a warm sanctuary in the middle of such a cold hell.

Jody: Now do you have any reason why you would want to interfere with me saving my sister from a hangman's rope?

General Sandy Smithers: No.

Jody: You don't?

General Sandy Smithers: No I don't.

Jody: You sure you don't? I mean we did just kill Minnie and Sweet Dave. And you and Sweet Dave looked mighty chummy over there.

General Sandy Smithers: I just met these people, I don't give a damn about them! Or you, or your sister. Or any other son of a bitch in Wyoming for that matter.

Jody: [menacingly] That is a GOOD answer, old man.

Jody: [to Minnie] Judy said something about the best coffee in the world?

Oswaldo Mobray: [smiles] Yes, I do believe Judy did say something about the best coffee in the world!

Minnie Mink: [laughs] Well, I don't know 'bout all that. But I'll tell ya what it is: it's hot and it's strong and it's good! And in this snow it sure enough warms your ass up!

Sheriff Chris Mannix: Now throw out your pistol!

[Jody throws out pistol]

Major Marquis Warren: I bet he got another one.

Sheriff Chris Mannix: Now throw out your other pistol!

Jody: I ain't got another pistol!

Major Marquis Warren: Well, you better shit another pistol out your ass! 'Cause if you don't throw one out here in the next two seconds, we gon' kill this bitch!

[Jody throws out another pistol]

Jody: [suddenly revealing himself from underneath the floorboards aiming his gun up at Warren] SAY ADIOS TO YOUR HUEVOS!

Jody: ...and as they both sink beneath the waves, the frog cries out, "Why did you sting me, Mr. Scorpion? For now we both will drown!" Scorpion replies, "I can't help it. It's in my nature!"

Jody: Tell me a story. Tell me anything.

Fergus: When I was a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Jody: What does that mean?

Fergus: Nothing.

Jody: Nothing. Tell me something, anything.

[Fergus doesn't respond]

Jody: Not a lot of use, are you Fergus?

Fergus: Me? No. I'm not good for much.

Jody: Go back to your banana tree, nigger.

Fergus: What the fuck, do you know about my people?

Jody: Only that you're all tough, undeluded motherfuckers... And it's not in your nature, to let me go!

Fergus: Shut the fuck up, will ya?

[first lines]

Jody: [playing ring toss at a carnival] Right.

[tosses a ring]

Jody: That.

[tosses a ring]

Jody: And that. And that is cricket, hon.

Jody: [wins a large teddy bear] Do you want it?

Jude: Sure!

Jody: [hands her the teddy bear] Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was?

Jude: Jude.

Jody: Jude. Why that suits you, Jude.

Jude: The teddy bear?

Jody: No! Fuck this bear. The name: Jude. And it IS Jude, right?

Jody: I've never pissed holding a girl's hand, Jude.

Jody: Now put it back in. It's only a piece of meat.

Jody: You wouldn't shoot a brother in the back.

[first lines]

Jody: There's this psychiatrist, a lady named Frances Chris Walson. She has a theory about the black man in America. She says because of the system of racism in this country, the black man is meant to think of himself as a baby. A not yet fully formed being, who has not yet realized his full potential. To support her claim, she offers the following: First off, what does a black man call his woman? Mama. Secondly, what does a black man call his closest acquaintances? His boys. And finally, what does a black man call his place of residence? The crib.

Rodney: Hello? Hello? Yvette?

Jody: Naw, nigga, this ain't no motherfuckin' Yvette!

Rodney: Put Yvette on the phone, nigga!

Jody: What? This my phone, nigga! Don't call my house no more!

Rodney: How the *fuck* is that yo' house, nigga? You don't even live there. Is this Jody? The Jody that got my boo pregnant and can't take care of his responsibilities as a muthafuckin' man? Livin' at yo' mamma house? Walking around the streets like a little ass boy? Nigga, you's a *bitch*!

Jody: What? Yo' ass in jail! You can't say nothin' about me and mine, homeboy. Look, don't call my *fuckin'* house no more! My girl ain't feeling you. It's not happening, cuz! Concentrate on not dropping the soap, you bitch-ass nigga!

Rodney: *Fuck* you, cuz!

[hangs up]

Jody: I want a block on my motherfucking phone tomorrow, Yvette.

Yvette: All right, Jody, damn!

Jody: Stupid ass.

Yvette: You stupid.

Jody: All on the phone spreading my business out there. He on the other end talking 'bout "Yeah, I know you live with yo' mamma." I don't wanna hear that shit!

Yvette: You been fucking around?

Jody: Nope.

Yvette: Let me smell your dick.

Jody: Today I begin a new life. I am the master of my abilities... and today will be a great and beautiful day. Pea, are you a buyer or a seller?Wh

Sweet Pea: What?

Jody: Look at yourself. How many millionaires you got on? I count at least three.

Sweet Pea: What are you talking about?

Jody: Pea! Look around, man. You see what I see? I see money. Look at my man over there selling T-shirts. A brother selling pies and papers. Cake Man over there.Everybody moving, making money. Right? While we're standing still, being broke. I figured all this shit out, man. All this. This world moves forward through transactions. Commerce, nigga. The exchange of goods and services. All the real ballin', successful folks are sellers. All the broke-ass people playing catch-up are buyers. I ain't trying to go out like that. I'm gonna be a seller. I'm gonna get my own business. Change the game.

Sweet Pea: Want me to take him out?

Jody: Nah. Let the nigga breathe. He make my momma unhappy, we will make his ass bleed. On the real. Make him feel the steel. Long as she happy, he got his life. Won't be no strife. And I hope his ass hear me, too.

Melvin: I hear you. You know the problem with you little niggas? You think you know everything about the world, but you don't know shit.

Yvette: Jody, I know you love me. I also know you fuck other girls. I don't like it, but I know you. So just be real with me. Man, you gone be honest or what?

Jody: If you can take it. You're starting to get on my nerves with this shit Yvette.

Yvette: I'm getting on your nerves? And you're the one fucking around. You get with any of them girls you sell dresses to?

Jody: A few. There. You feel better now? I love you, girl. You got my son and you probably gone be my wife. You want me to be honest?

Yvette: Yeah, I do.

Jody: You're my woman. Them other ho's is tricks. I make love to you, I want to be with you, but I fuck other females occasionally. I don't know why, I just do. That's the situation. You feel better now? That's some honesty for yo ass. Deal with it. I love you enough to be honest.

Yvette: Jody, If you loved me, you wouldn't lie to me all the time. Move!

Jody: Hold on. You got it all twisted up! I lie 'cause I do love you. Being honest would mean I don't give a fuck. Out on the street, I tell the ho's the truth. I lie to you because I care about your feelings.

Jody: Yvette. Hi, baby. Baby, don't be mad at me. It ain't my fault. I love you.

Yvette: What is it Jody I'm listening.

Jody: Some Mexican stole your car.

Yvette: They what? Jody.

Jody: You hear?

Yvette: I hear.

Jody: You still got that tracking thing on?

Yvette: Yeah.

Jody: Cool. We'll find it in like 30 minutes. Call the po-po's and tell them what's up.

Yvette: I ain't doing that.

Jody: Why not?

Yvette: Because I know who stole my car.

Jody: Who? Tell me who stole your car baby and I'll go get it back for you.

Yvette: I stole my car Jody.

[Hangs Up Phone]

Jody: That's a pack of condoms girl what you doin with that?

Yvette: Jody, please go away.

Jody: You got your neighbors snooping! Girl open this door!

Yvette: Go, before you get me put out!

Jody: Fuck you, Yvette.

Yvette: Fuck me? After all the shit I put up with, with you! Fuck me Jody? Fuck you!

Jody: Hit Mr. Alize there. He tried to take my liquor. Do him first.

Sweet Pea: You got to get up close. You kind of draw back. Not too far, though. Aim for the nose or mouth. Prefaly the nose, it's soft.

Jody: Prefaly huh?

Sweet Pea: Nigga, you know what I mean.

Jody: Peanut, what you doing?

Peanut: Nothing.

Jody: You miss me? You love me?

[Silence]

Jody: You hear me? You love me?

Peanut: What do you want Jody, I'm busy.

Jody: You ain't doing shit. Come get me so I can give you a sample.

Peanut: What? I ain't coming to get your ass! You ain't got your other baby momma's ride tonight?

Jody: Why you doing all that?

Peanut: Tell you what. When I want some dick, maybe I'll call you. And you can find a way to get here. Okay?

Jody: [watching Popeye the Sailer on T.V] Popeye you're bitch ass ain't gonna do shit.

Juanita: You know you're really starting to get on my last nerve with all this little shit between you and Melvin. I'm tired of it!

Jody: What? This my house too!

Juanita: Your house? Your house? Do you pay any bills up in this motherfucker? Do you fix anything around here? When's the last time you paid a bill? All you do is eat, sleep and shit! Walking around here like you King Tut or somebody... be no mess about who's house this is... this is my house! Mine! And if I wanna bring a man all up and through here, I'll bring a man all up and through here! That's my say! Not yours!

Jody: Go on and pull the damage out.

Jody: What else do I need to know?

Juanita: Sizes. You got to know a woman's size on sight. Before she tells. Don't wait for her to tell you. You should know. Compliment them, even if they big and ugly.

Patrice: Especially if they are. Like Bernice

Juanita: That's a big bitch.

Winston: How much?

Jody: I'll let it go for $40.

Winston: $40?

Jody: Look, $35. That's the lowest I can go. You're killing me.

Winston: Okay, $35.

Jody: Thank you.

Winston: I'll squeeze my tiny ass up in this... upstage these bitches in here. You like it girl? Cute?

Jody: You gone,

[smacks Yvette's ass]

Jody: get yo ass in there an make them tacos right?

Jody: You stole the dead woman's shoe?

Jody: [showing off her new convertible] It's a beautiful thing, alimony. You lose a husband, you get a car. Think it'll help me pick up dudes?

Claire Spencer: [later] Pick up any dudes yet?

Jody: I have one in the trunk!

Jody: [on the phone] What's he doing?

Claire Spencer: [on the phone, while spying on the neighbor] Eating dinner alone. TV dinner!

Jody: Oh, that's bad.

[Jody's door bell rings]

Jody: That's my shiatsu guy. Listen, I gotta run. Call me back later, if he starts in on some serial killer desert, like lady fingers!

Claire Spencer: You got it.

Jody: Are we hoping the ghost is going to have to use the potty?

Jody: I stopped at this little café to get a coffee, and I see Norman sitting in the back. But he wasn't alone. It was a young blonde woman. I didn't see her face. And I didn't think anything of it at first. And I was walking over to say hello. And they started arguing in such a way that it stopped me.

[with the Ouija Board]

Claire Spencer: We wish to commune with the Spirit.

Jody: [laughs]

Claire Spencer: What?

Jody: Heh, "I wish to commune"!

Claire Spencer: Forget it, this whole thing is insane.

Jody: I'm sorry.

Claire Spencer: We wish to communi-CATE with the spirit of Mary Feur.

Jody: Not much happening.

Claire Spencer: Shh!

Jody: Cooper, you're an amazing dancer, and you're a great choreographer, but as a boyfriend you kind of suck.

Eva: What a prick.

Jody: But he was really nice about it.

Eva: Being nice when you say something pricky is even prickier.

Charlie: Are you asking me out?

Jody: Well yeah. Are you saying yes?

Charlie: I guess so. Yeah.

Jody: That class, I mean, how come I can't dance like that in my ABA class?

Cooper: Because ABA has a great big stick up its ass?

Jody: Would you like a Pelegrino?

Chris Macauley: Is that beer?

Jody: No, it's bottled mineral water.

Chris Macauley: Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure. Those are really good.

Jody: You're really sweet. I'll get you a juice.

Jody: Here's what I thought. We finish dinner and then we have desert, 'kay?

Chris Macauley: Alright.

Jody: And then after that, I take you for a drive, show you around the city.

Chris Macauley: Sure.

Jody: And after that, we come back here. And then, if we still like each other, we make love.

Jody: Now, remember: you don't aim a gun at a man unless you intend to shoot him. And, you don't shoot a man unless you intend to kill him. No warning shots. Hey, you listening to me? No warning shots. Warning shots are bullshit. You shoot to kill, or you don't shoot at all.

The Tall Man: [startles him, then shouts] The funeral is about to begin... SIIIRRR!

Jody: [scared] Okay! Sir.

Mike: I know you're not going to believe this, but these things were here, right in the garage, and they were going to get me!

Jody: Aww, give me a break, would you?

Mike: They were jumping on the car and making these weird sounds!

Jody: You're sure it wasn't that retarded kid, Timmy, up the street?

Mike: No, it was the same thing that chased me last night!

Jody: I just don't get off on funerals, man. They give me the creeps.

Jody: What's out there?

Mike: I don't know. It was little, brown and low to the ground.

Jody: Ahh, it was probably just a gopher in heat.

Jody: I didn't abandon you Mike. I was taken.

Jody: Now I'm gonna paint yer face.

Jody: Oh my god, we're gonna die. We're gonna die!

Karina: No one is gonna die.

Crazy Cal: Uh, you might want to rephrase that. "No one else is gonna die." Because theres a girl out there with her fucking throat cut wide open.

Jody: Oh my god, we are gonna die.