- Cotton: [to Carlotta] I need my outsides to match my insides.
- Carlotta Brown: But why would you pay someone to mutilate what God gave you?
- Cotton: God gave me me, Mama. And it's not mutilation.
- Jahil Rivera: Star, this guy's a buddy of mine, so no shenanigans.
- Star Davis: Fresh out of shenanigans.
- Simone: [to Star] We could be like those real life stories, you know? The ones that inspire people. We're gonna be on "Good Morning America" when we're famous.
- Star Davis: [to Jahil] You're a bad liar and that's disturbing because you're a manager. And part of being a good manager is being a good liar.