The Wiz Live! (2015 TV Movie)

David Alan Grier: The Cowardly Lion

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Quotes 

• Dorothy Gale : You mean the Wiz is...

  The Cowardly Lion : ...a fraud!

  Tin-Man : And a woman!

  Dorothy Gale : And what's wrong with bein' a woman?

  Tin-Man : Uh, nothin'...

  Dorothy Gale : That's right! Nothin' wrong with bein' a woman. I don't know where y'all fools learned y'all manners.

• Dorothy Gale : At least this forest is a nice home.

  Tin-Man : Yeah, and you still got your heart.

  Scarecrow : And a brain.

  The Cowardly Lion : But what's the use of all that if you ain't got the courage to get up outta bed?

• The Cowardly Lion : Now, that ol' witch is deathly afraid of water. She don't even bathe! She sends herself out once a week for dry cleanin'.

• The Cowardly Lion : I'm just a big, ole scaredy-cat. That's all I'm ever gonna be. I tried getting help from this old owl, but all he did is make me lie down on a couch, ask me a bunch 'a silly questions like, "What do you want?", "Why are you here?", "What do think this means?" I said, "I think this means you ripped me off, 'cause I gave you money, but you ain't givin' me nothin'!"

  Dorothy Gale : You poor thing!

  The Cowardly Lion : Great, now I got little girls pityin' me.

• Tin-Man : So, that's all there is to it? You just click your heels three times, and you get to go home.

  Scarecrow : It makes no sense, so it must be so. You know, the truth is like that.

  The Cowardly Lion : But if that's true, then you never would've had to battle Evillene, or the Wiz! Or even meet me.

  Scarecrow : Or me.

  Tin-Man : Or me.

  Dorothy Gale : Oh, I wouldn't have missed meeting you for anything! Promise you'll remember me?

  [Lion nods yes, then Dorothy kisses him on the cheek] 

  Dorothy Gale : Keep me in your heart.

  [Tin Man kisses Dorothy's hand] 

  Dorothy Gale : Let me now and then come to mind.

  [Scarecrow and Dorothy hug] 

  Dorothy Gale : Maybe, just maybe, if I hold on to these Shoes, they'll lead me back to you someday!

  Tin-Man : Please try.

  Dorothy Gale : I will. But right now, I think I hear Aunt Em callin'.