Jackpot (2001)

Garrett Morris: Lester Irving

Quotes 

• Lester : Hey, Sunny, until you pay me more than 15% of your earnings, I'm only going to take 15% of your shit.

• Lester : The Olympics, the NBA, the NFL - all filled up with children who didn't have fathers. You may be a flawed character, but you're building hers. You're the asshole who will put your daughter on the moon.

• Lester : In the long run, ambiguity caters to every market. This early in the game, you cannot let a reporter - I mean, if you let him nail you down to just women, you'll be closing the market that hasn't even opened.

• Lester : What I'm talkin' about is the groundwork that no new artist wants to do. We're makin' fans, Sunny, who feel like they discovered you. The power of discovery - that is the advantage, man, that no new artist should overlook.

• Lester : [about unconscious groupie]  Sunny, if she has her "lick-her" license, we're fucked.

  Sunny Holiday : Her liquor license?

• Sunny Holiday : I just wanna have a good time.

  Lester : What you got there is a kitten in heat. Two pumps and a shot, and it's wham! A wife, a kid, and a cat that pisses on the fucking bed. And what happens? All the opportunity that was there vanishes in two seconds, man. I don't know about your past, but I'm trying to protect your future.

• Lester : If you can't create empathy for yourself, you are nothing. The people want to feel empathy for you.

• Lester : Look, look, Sunny. It was either this or a juicer, man, okay?

  [hands him a blender tied with a bow] 

  Lester : Now it had nothing to do with your performance, man. The judge were just a little off, okay? Don't take it personally.

  Sunny Holiday : [hands him the bow] 

  Lester : What's this?

  Sunny Holiday : 15% Don't take it personally.

• [last lines] 

  Lester : We are behind.

  Sunny Holiday : How many gallons we got?

  Lester : We have 20 gallons in the trunk.

  Sunny Holiday : Well, I guess we better get busy.