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Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House (2003)

Queen Latifah: Charlene Morton

Bringing Down the House

Queen Latifah credited as playing...

Charlene Morton

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Quotes14

  • Howie Rottman: I'd like to dip you in Cheez Wiz and spread you all over a Ritz cracker, if I'm not being too subtle.
  • Charlene Morton: Boy, you some kinda freaky!
  • Howie Rottman: Oh, you have no idea. You got me straight trippin', boo!
  • Peter Sanderson: I message for you. Howie says, 'The cool points out the window and you got him all twisted up in the game.'
  • Charlene Morton: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
  • Ashley: [to Peter, about Charlene] What is she doin' here?
  • Charlene Morton: Oh, get used to it, twiggy; you're gonna be seein' a lot more of me around here!
  • Ashley: [to Peter, about Charlene] Not without a broom in your hand.
  • Charlene Morton: If I HAVE a broom, it's only cuz I'm here to sweep up the white trash!
  • Ashley: Save it for the Y.M.C.A, Jemimah.
  • Charlene Morton: Bitch! I will kick the bulimia outta yo' ass!
  • Ashley: Compliments of Tae-Bo: 2 hours a day 5 days a week
  • Charlene Morton: Compliments of the hood: 24 hours a day all my life!
  • Mike: [Charlene's hanging Mike by his feet off the top of a house after finding out he got rough with Sarah to have sex with her] Please don't kill me! Oh God! Pull me up!
  • Charlene Morton: Yo Sarah! Mike has something he wants to say,
  • [to Mike]
  • Charlene Morton: say sorry!
  • Mike: I'm sorry!
  • Charlene Morton: Say sorry!
  • Mike: [louder] I'm sorry!
  • Charlene Morton: Say no means no!
  • Mike: No means no!
  • Charlene Morton: Pretend I'm your wife. Talk dirty to me.
  • Peter Sanderson: Um, okay... I wanna kiss you A LOT!
  • Charlene Morton: No no no! Dirtier...
  • Peter Sanderson: I wanna give you - an aromatherapy massage!
  • Charlene Morton: Try harder!
  • Peter Sanderson: I wanna have SEXUAL INTERCOURSE with...
  • Charlene Morton: I give up!
  • Howie Rottman: Do me a favor, precious: don't ever scare me like that again, or I'm gonna give you a nasty spankie... if I'm not being too subtle!
  • Charlene Morton: [smiles] He's such a damn freak!
  • Peter Sanderson: And believe me, Sarah is going places!
  • [Charlene looks out the window to see Sarah sneaking out and getting into a car with a boy]
  • Charlene Morton: Oh, she's going places alright.
  • Peter Sanderson: [nervously] Don't you just love being our nanny, Charlene?
  • Charlene Morton: [pauses]
  • [speaking in a fake Southern Accent]
  • Charlene Morton: Yessir. I'm gonna go on down to de pool wit' de children. Make fun of de white folks again.
  • Charlene Morton: I get a wedgie just walking in your office.
  • Charlene Morton: I kicked it off the heezy and bounced... fo' real, tho!
  • Peter Sanderson: What did you just say?
  • Peter Sanderson: Charlene, what is this particular taste? It's familiar, yet... what is it, some sort of an herb, like sage?
  • Charlene Morton: Naw... it's more like a milk of mint.
  • Peter Sanderson: Well, whatever it is, the taste is explosive!
  • Charlene Morton: Well, good then! Enjoy!
  • Peter Sanderson: I guess I'll just see you in my next life.
  • [laughs crazily]
  • Peter Sanderson: Bye!
  • [drives away]
  • Charlene Morton: Ha-ha, I'll see you when you get home.
  • Charlene Morton: [to Peter] You lock me out, no money, no place to go, a sister got to get her cheese on.

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