Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Kimberly Elise: Helen
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Quotes
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Helen : Orlando, what's going...
Orlando : I know you don't believe in fairy tales. But, if you did, I'd want to be your knight in shining armor. You've been through so much. I don't want to see you hurt anymore. Now I may not be able to give you all that your used to. But I do know I can love you past your pain. I don't want you to worry about anything. You just wake up in the morning, that's all you have to do and I'll take it from there. There's one condition. You have to be my wife.
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Helen : [upon seeing Orlando staring at her] What?
Orlando : I'm just sittin' here, tryin' to think of a way to say this to you.
[pauses]
Orlando : I'm in love with you.
Helen : How do you know that?
Orlando : I don't know how to explain it to you.
Helen : Try.
Orlando : Helen, if I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit. I pray for you more than I pray for myself. I've got it so bad for you I'd... I'd go to the grocery store and buy your feminine products, I swear I would.
[Helen and Orlando laugh]
Orlando : And see? And that... that... That smile. Helen, when you smile like that, my world... It's all right.
[pauses]
Orlando : I am in love with you.
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Myrtle : You know I know this man put a hurtin' on you baby, but you've got to forgive him. No matter what he done, you've got to forgive him - not for him, but for you.
Helen : Forgive him for me?
Myrtle : When some body hurts you they take power over you, if you don't forgive them then they keeps the power. Forgive him baby and after you forgive him, forgive youreself.
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Helen : I'm not bitter. I'm mad as hell.
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Orlando : [as he opens the window of his truck to greet Helen] Hey, Brian asked me to pick you up.
Helen : He did, no thanks.
Orlando : Alright but you know the next bus does not come for at least an hour.
Helen : I'll be fine.
Orlando : Why you being so mean, woman?
Helen : Why you being so nice, man?
Orlando : You know, there are still a few of us nice guys around.
[Helen stares]
Orlando : Alright suit yourself.
[thunder crashes]
Orlando : Come on now, this make no scense.
Helen : You will take me straight home?
Orlando : I will take you wherever you want to go just get in the truck.
[helen enters the truck as thunder crashes again]
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Helen : Are you hungry?
[Charles nods]
Helen : Oh, maybe you should go into the kitchen and get yourself something to eat, huh?
Charles : [crying] Christina...
Helen : [calling] Christina!
[grins]
Helen : Christina's gone! Your little tramp didn't leave her any money to pay her, so she just left, like your slut. She packed up all her things, and a few of yours, and split. In fact, she cleaned out your bank account.
[laughing]
Helen : Isn't that just too much? You tried to keep it from me, and she just took it all. Huh? Huh? You are like so many men, Charles, you'd rather leave with trash than make it work with something good. You're a coward.
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Madea : I remember this dude made me so mad, I didn't even know how mad I was until I went to his funeral.
Helen : Why were you so mad at him?
Madea : Because he hit me. Yes he hit me... and I didn't even know how mad I was until I saw him in his casket, he's 8 feet under.
Myrtle : 6 feet, that's how they bury people, Madea, 6 feet under.
Madea : That's what I'm trying to say, I thought I was over what he did to me until I saw him at the funeral, I was so mad I BEAT HIM DOWN 2 more feet.
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Helen : Your kids? Your boys?
[hits Charles with a toy bat]
Helen : I wanted children, Charles, and had you not been with those whores, we would have them. You got me all stressed out, my hair falling out, my weight up and down, can't keep anything down, TWO MISCARRIAGES. You took life from me and you never even said I'm sorry.
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Helen : [shoves a picture of Brenda into Charles mouth] Do you see what you left me for? This is what you left me for. Look at it. She didn't give a damn about you Charles, she told them to let you die.
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Bailiff : Your honor, Case #456790: The People Vs. Mabel Simmons & Helen McCarter - Criminal trespassing, Reckless endangerment, Criminal possession of a handgun, Assault with a deadly weapon, Suspended license, Expired registration, Reckless driving, and a broken tailight.
Madea : [to Helen] Girl, I know it ain't who I think it is.
Judge Ephriam : [turning cross] I know you didn't say Mabel Simmons. Madea?
Madea : How you doin', uh, Judge Mablean? It's good to see - Ooh, your hair's pretty. Girl, look at you. You're lookin' good. How you been? Hey...
Judge Ephriam : [angry] You're still at it?
Madea : This ain't even my fault. See, what happened was...
Judge Ephriam : [cuts her off] Just save it! Who's here for the defense?
Brian : [Brian, Madea's nephew walks into the courtroom]
Brian : Brian Simmons, on behalf of Mrs. McCarter and Mrs. Simmons, your honor.
Judge Ephriam : Brian.
Brian : How you doing, Judge Ephriam?
Judge Ephriam : Brian, I am getting tired of seein' your aunt.
Madea : [under her breath] Getting tired of seein' you.
Helen : [to Madea] Shh!
Brian : It won't happen again.
Judge Ephriam : Yeah, I'll bet. Bail is set at $5,000 for Mrs. McCarter, property of cash. But as for you, Madea, I'm placing you under house arrest!
Madea : You ain't gonna put me on no house arrest, honey. I ain't gonna deal with that!
Judge Ephriam : It's either that or prison! What's your choice?
Madea : [convinced] I'll take the house arrest.
Judge Ephriam : Bailiff, call the next case.
Bailiff : The State of Georgia versus Bobby Brown.
Judge Ephriam : What is this? Repeat offender day?
Voice of Whitney Houston : Bobby! Bobby, I love you.
Judge Ephriam : Sit down, Miss Houston!
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Madea : Mmmhmm... How long you do that fo'?
Helen : Eighteen years.
Madea : Okay.
[pulls out a calculator]
Madea : Let's see how much he owes ya then.
[types a bunch of numbers while she speaks]
Madea : Eighteen years. Cooking. Cleaning. Havin' sex wit him when he wanted it, was it good?
Helen : [shakes head in disgust] No.
Madea : *Major* deduction.
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Helen : [slaps Charles] I just want you to know that old Helen is gone, and you will NEVER speak to me like that again.
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Helen : [dumps Charles into a bathtub] Bathe *him*, feed *him, clothe *him* they say, what about me?
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Helen : [voice-over] September 19th. Dear Diary, as I sit here thinking about picking up the pieces of what used to be my life, I realized something. Every room in this house holds a painful memory for me. Even though he's suffering, something somewhere in me wants him to suffer more. A few months and a divorce can take you through just as many emotions as 18 years in a marriage. And I'm starting to feel all of them at once. But the one that is clear is rage. Signed, a Mad Black Woman.
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Helen : [after Charles reveals he's been cheating] You're not leaving.
Charles : No, I'm not leaving but you are. There is a truck outside, full of gas, it can take you anywhere you want to go, I can't keep treating her like this and my children. Not seeing their papa everynight I'm just here and there.
Helen : [voice breaking] Children?
Charles : 2 boys, they need me.
Helen : [starts to cry] Charles, it's me, how could you say this to me, how could you do this to me.
Charles , Brenda : Good bye, Helen now be a lady and leave quietly.
Helen : No.
Charles : No? You would have never had any of this without me, now you better get out before iI loose my temper.
Helen : No!
[trying to grab Helen]
Helen : No, I am not leaving.
Charles : [grabs Helen and drags her to the door] You what, you think you're not going? You're leaving all right.
Helen : [Helen screams try to fight off Charles] No, Charles no, Charles!
Brenda : [witnesses the fight in disbelief]
Charles : [as he successfully brings Helen to the door] Get out!
Helen : [Orlando watches Helen being thrown out of the house] Charles, Charles.
[Charles locks the door]
Helen : Charles!
[Orlando sees Helen as she cries slowly walking down the stairs in disbelief]
Orlando : What the heel have the got me into?
