Stereotype quotes

“- Dawson: I thought you were a lesbian.
- Martina: A lesbian? Why?
- Dawson: Hello! You play softball, you watch Ally McBeal!
- Martina: No, Dawson, I'm not gay. Barbara's gay.
- Dawson: Barbara?
- Martina: Big Rosie fan.”
Harley Cross - Dawson
Majandra Delfino - Martina

“A guy named Steve Rubell had a dream: To throw the best damned party the world had ever seen and to make it last forever. He built a world where fantasy was put up as reality and where an 80-year-old disco queen could dance till dawn. Where models mingled with mechanics, plumbers danced with princes. It was a place where all labels were left...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ryan Phillippe - Shane O'Shea

“- James Reece: Isn't it part of French tradition that the woman cooks while the guy watches TV?
- Caroline: Well, things have changed since the Middle Ages, you know. Now it's exactly the contrary.”
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - James Reece
Kasia Smutniak - Caroline

“- Dabu: What's up, dawg?
- Sin LaSalle: Must you play into the stereotypes? Turn that mess down. This is the suburbs. I'm in that damn neighborhood watch!”
André Benjamin - Dabu
Cedric the Entertainer - Sin LaSalle

- Elaine Dickinson: Would you like something to read?
- Hanging Lady: Do you have anything light?
- Elaine Dickinson: How about this leaflet, "Famous Jewish Sports Legends"?
Julie Hagerty - Elaine Dickinson
Ann Nelson - Hanging Lady

“You want to find an outlaw, hire an outlaw. You want to find a Dunkin' Donuts, call a cop.”
Randall 'Tex' Cobb - Leonard Smalls

“Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote

“- Sadie Hawkins: You've never worked under a female superior before. I got to where I am by pushing paper and playing nice - I've never actually fired a gun before, I'm only in this job to prove to my father I'm not a coward. I give decent head, so I got promoted before all the worthy candidates, all of them men, all of them equally gifted at...” (continue)(continue reading)
Emma Thompson - FBI Agent Sadie Hawkins
Alan Rickman - Detective David Friedman

“- Daphne Wilder: Well, who would you choose for my daughter?
- Johnny: Me.
- Daphne Wilder: What? No way! Oh, please. I am not setting my daughter up with an attractive, charming musician who will just break her heart.
- Johnny: Wow. I love being reduced to a cultural cliche.”
Diane Keaton - Daphne Wilder
Gabriel Macht - Johnny

“- Cynthia: This guy, the Cowboy, wants to see you. Jason said he thought it'd be a good idea.
- Adam Kesher: Oh, Jason thought it'd be a good idea for me to see the Cowboy. Well, should I wear my ten-gallon hat and my six-shooters?”
Katharine Towne - Cynthia
Justin Theroux - Adam

“- Mrs. Banks: I'm sorry, dear, but when I chose Katie Nanna, I thought she would be firm with the children. She looked so solemn and cross.
- George Banks: My dear, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint.”

Glynis Johns - Mrs Banks
David Tomlinson - Mr. Banks

“- Jacques: Society's to blame.
- Roland T. Flakfizer: Too much violence in the movies.
- Rocco Melonchek: It's my environment.
- Jacques: We were carrying out orders!
- Roland T. Flakfizer: It's the Japanese. They're buying up everything.
- Rocco Melonchek: Did we leave anything out?”
Bob Nelson - Jacques
John Turturro - Roland T. Flakfizer
Mel Smith - Rocco Melonchek

“I don't know anything about the enemy. I thought all Americans were cowards. I was taught they were savages.”
Ryo Kase - Shimizu

“Damn it's cold up here, they keep these Ferrari's refrigerated? And you know black people don't like cold weather, we're tropical people. Man, when this is over I'm gonna smoke a joint, watch two hours of Roots and I'm gonna kick your ass!”

T.J. Cross - Mirror Man

“That waitress sized us up in two seconds. We're black and black people don't tip. So she wasn't gonna waste her time. Now somebody like that? Nothing you can do to change their mind.”
Ludacris - Anthony

“Hey, I'm a paisan', huh? What did ya expect? What do you want me to do, want me to cook you up a pile of Ragù? You want me to sweat garlic for you? Huh? Sing an opera? Lose a war? Huh?”

Gregory Hines - Ray Hughes

“- Alice: That's odd he knew I drank vodka tonics. I never told him.
- Des: It's uncanny.
- Alice: You mean it's a complete cliché? All women recent college graduates drink vodka tonics, or something like that?
- Des: Well, maybe.”
Chloë Sevigny - Alice
Chris Eigeman - Des

“I know all the sociological reasons why, per capita eight times more black men are incarcerated than white men... Schools are a disgrace, lack of opportunity, bias in the judicial system, all that stuff... But still... but still, it's... it's gotta get to you, I mean, on a gut level, as a black man. They just can't keep their hands out of the...” (continue)(continue reading)
William Fichtner - Flanagan

“- Crawl: Where are you from?
- Becca: South Dakota.
- Crawl: Fresh off the farm, oh my God, I can't believe it. Right across the hallway. Hallelujah. So you're inbred?
- Becca: What?
- Crawl: You know, where your mom's your dad, and your dad's your brother.”
Pauly Shore - Crawl
Carla Gugino - Rebecca Warner

“I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. One time I secretly wanted to be a writer.”
Cary Grant - C. K. Dexter Haven

“- Walter Kresby: First of all we are in the country now, so no more black.
- Joanna Eberhart: No more black? Are you insane?
- Walter Kresby: You heard me. Only high-powered, neurotic, castrating, Manhattan career bitches wear black. Is that what you want to be?
- Joanna Eberhart: Ever since I was a little girl.”
Matthew Broderick - Walter Kresby
Nicole Kidman - Joanna Eberhart

“No self-respectin' Southerner uses instant grits. I take pride in my grits.”

Maury Chaykin - Sam Tipton

“AIDS. Homosexual. Gay. Lesbian. You think these are names that tell you who a person sleeps with, but they don't tell you that.”

Al Pacino - Roy Cohn

“- Henry Hackett: What if these aren't the guys? What if they're innocent?
- Alicia Clark: Taint them today, we make them look good on Saturday. Everybody's happy.
- Henry Hackett: Wait. This is a story that could permanently alter the public's perception of two teenagers who might be innocent and as a weekend bonus, ignite another race war. How...” (continue)(continue reading)
Michael Keaton - Henry Hackett
Glenn Close - Alicia Clark

“- Pvt. 'Snowball' Brown: Sir, Private Brown, sir!
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Bullshit! From now on you're Private Snowball. Do you like that name?
- Pvt. 'Snowball' Brown: Sir, yes, sir!
- Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Well there's one thing that you won't like, Private Snowball: they don't serve fried chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in my mess hall.”

Peter Edmund - Pvt. 'Snowball' Brown
R. Lee Ermey - Gny. Sgt. Hartman