Dreamgirls (2006)
Jennifer Hudson: Effie White
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Quotes
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Effie Melody White : [sings] And I am telling you/ I'm not going./ You're the best man I'll ever know./ There's no way I can ever go./ No, no, no, no way... / No, no, no, no way I'm living without you./ I'm not living without you./ I don't want to be free./ I'm staying, I'm staying,/ And you, and you,/ you're gonna love me.
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Lorrell Robinson : You got the same wig I got?
Effie Melody White : Yeah.
Lorrell Robinson : You got same the same dress I got?
Effie Melody White : Yeah.
Lorrell Robinson : [Drags it out] Then shut up!
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Case Worker : Have you considered asking the girl's father for help?
Effie Melody White : Magic don't have a father.
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Effie Melody White : Tell me something, Curtis. Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer over a professional?
Curtis Taylor Jr. : I'm not sure what this is about...
Effie Melody White : It's about fairness, Curtis. It's about people paying their dues. Isn't that what you keep telling me? "Get in line, Effie. Wait your turn". So why am I sitting here without so much as a B-side on a 45, when an amateur like Martin Luther King Jr. gets his own freaking album? I mean, can he even sing?
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Effie Melody White : That's right Curtis. You stopped me once, but you'll never stop me again.
[sings]
Effie Melody White : 'Cause this time, Effie White's gonna win!
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Effie Melody White : So... Deena's going to sing the lead 'cause you like the way she looks? Am I ugly to you, Curtis?
Curtis Taylor Jr. : Baby, come on! You know how I feel about you, come on. Don't make it personal.
Effie Melody White : Well, what am I supposed to do? Deena's beautiful, and she's always been beautiful... but I've got the voice, Curtis! I've got the voice! You can't put me in back; you just can't!
