Life (1999 film) Quotes

Life (1999 film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Life ended its run in 1970.

It features Brian Grazer as producer, R. Kelly in charge of musical score, and Geoffrey Simpson as head of cinematography.

Life (1999 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Life (1999 film) is 109 minutes long. Life (1999 film) is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: Michael Taliferro as Goldmouth, Eddie Murphy as Rayford Gibson, Martin Lawrence as Claude Banks, Bonz Malone as Leon, Heavy D as Jake, Obba Babatundé as Willie Long, Ned Beatty as Dexter Wilkins, Nick Cassavetes as Sergeant Dillard, Guy Torry as Radio, Anthony Anderson as Cookie, Bernie Mac as Jangle Leg, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Biscuit, R. Lee Ermey as Older Sheriff Pike, Ned Vaughn as Young Sheriff Pike, Clarence Williams III as Winston Hancock, Barry Shabaka Henley as Pokerface, and Sanaa Lathan as Daisy.

Life (1999 film) Quotes

Martin Lawrence as Claude Banks

• (Martin Lawrence) "Damn, one of my toes in the bottle, damn it, Ray."

• (Martin Lawrence) "Oh yard boy Mrs. Myrtle could use some attention perhaps some fertilizer would restore its exuberance. Get yo ass to work."

• (Martin Lawrence) "You know, I'm finally starting to wrap my mind around this s***. We're in here for life. We're gonna die in here. We might as well go up to the cometary, picks out a plot and start digging."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Now, you listen to me. My daddy died in a place just like this cause of that s*** you're talking about. He gave up hope and he hung hisself. And I'm not going out like that."
• (Martin Lawrence) "Well, maybe you're just a chip off the old block, Ray."
• (Eddie Murphy) "You take that back or we're no longer friends."
• (Martin Lawrence) "News flash, Ray. We ain't never been friends. We've just been stuck together for twelve years."

• (Martin Lawrence) "Don't touch this car."
• (Eddie Murphy) "'Cause I piss on the motherf***er. I ain't gonna touch it, I piss on it."
• (Martin Lawrence) "Why you got to say nasty s***, Ray?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "'Cause I'm a nasty motherf***er."

• (Martin Lawrence) "Looks like Jonesy got his walking papers."

• (Martin Lawrence) "You know what I'm going to buy with my first paycheck?"
• (Sanaa Lathan) "What, baby?"
• (Martin Lawrence) "Season tickets to the Yankees. Right there on the first baseline."
• (Martin Lawrence) "What's wrong, baby?"
• (Sanaa Lathan) "I was hoping you were going to say an engagement ring, Claude?"
• (Martin Lawrence) "An engagement ring?"
• (Sanaa Lathan) "That's what respectable folks do: get a job, get married, start having babies. That's what you want, isn't it?"

• (Martin Lawrence) "I think he's hurt pretty bad, man."
• (Eddie Murphy) "This guy's dead."
• (Martin Lawrence) "I ain't, I ain't never seen no dead body before, Ray."
• (Martin Lawrence) "What are you doin'? The man's been dead two seconds and you're in his pockets? Don't you have any respect?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "It ain't here."
• (Martin Lawrence) "What ain't there?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "My daddy's watch, this is the guy that took my watch from. Motherf***er, you did f***ed around with the wrong person, didn't you, didn't you?. Now look at your ass bleedin'."

Eddie Murphy as Rayford Gibson

• (Eddie Murphy) "We got thirty-six cases of booze. That's better than money."

• (Eddie Murphy) "The Upper Room."

• (Eddie Murphy) "I'ma go to sleep. Why for I can't sit here and look at yo' ass -- and wonder what you got up your sleeve?"
• (Martin Lawrence) "Yeah, I got somethin' brewin: I got a ass whuppin' brewin' for you here, Ray, if you don't stop f***in' with me."

• (Eddie Murphy) "Now that just done turned my stomach I don't even want no jello now that I done seen some old ass balls, who's gonna enjoy jello after seeing what I done seen."

• (Eddie Murphy) "Come on, now, forget that, man, she don't mean nothin' to him, don't pay that no mind."
• (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) "To hell with him, it ain't that."
• (Eddie Murphy) "So what's your problem, then? Sittin' here lookin' all sad and s***; it's almost all right in here to-day, almost."
• (Eddie Murphy) "This is a release form, man, you gettin' off this month. What are you sittin' here lookin' all sad for?"
• (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) "What am I gonna do out there, Ray? I can't go home to my mama like this."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Man, that s*** you talkin' is crazy, your mama gonna be happy to see you when you get home."
• (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) "Not like this, Ray."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Hey, look, world done changed a lot; it's 1945, boy."
• (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) "Not for me, it ain't."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Look, you can't stay here, that's for damn sure, and I tell you what else, anybody else in this whole place would give his right arm to be in your shoes right now, I know I would."

Nick Cassavetes as Sergeant Dillard

• (Nick Cassavetes) "You tell that lazy jigaboo the State of Mississippi ain't interested in his meteorological assessments."
• (Hoppin' Bob) "Listen up, jigaboo. State of Mississippi ain't interested in your, your, uh-"metacological assessments"."
• (Nick Cassavetes) "You tell him the State of Mississippi is only interested in getting this here ditch cleared by sundown."
• (Hoppin' Bob) "State of Mississippi wants this here ditch cleared by sundown. You got that, boy?."

Ned Beatty as Dexter Wilkins

• (Ned Beatty) "Is there any truth in what this man said?"
• (R. Lee Ermey) "What the hell difference does it make? At least the state of Mississippi got forty years of cheap labor out of the deal."

• (Ned Beatty) "You've been on this farm for quite a spell, haven't you?"
• (Martin Lawrence) "Over 40 years now, me and Ray Gibson over there."
• (Ned Beatty) "40 years -- that's a long time for any crime, even murder."
• (Martin Lawrence) "It's a hell of a lot longer when you're innocent."
• (Ned Beatty) "Half the men in this prison swear they're innocent, Claude. Don't you think that's kind of funny?"
• (Martin Lawrence) "Well, you have to forgive me if I don't laugh."

Ned Vaughn as Young Sheriff Pike

• (Ned Vaughn) "You just committed suicide, boy."

Michael Taliferro as Goldmouth

• (Michael Taliferro) "Hey, girl. You gon' eat yo' cornbread?"
• (Martin Lawrence) "You talkin' to me ?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "Yeah, I think he's talkin' to you."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Uh, no. Not at all; I want you to have it. Uh, Willie, you mind passin' this down to-"
• (Eddie Murphy) "Hey, no, don't pass your cornbread to him. That's your cornbread."
• (Martin Lawrence) "Ray, I'm a grown man, okay, I'm not gonna eat this cornbread, if he wants the cornbread, damn it, have the cornbread."
• (Eddie Murphy) "No no, if he wants some cornbread, let him go up to the front and get his own portion of cornbread, that's your cornbread, f*** him."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Hey, man he gonna eat his cornbread, all right? f*** you."
• (Martin Lawrence) "Ray, look, I don't need you to take up for me, I'm all right, I'm a grown man, I can handle this."
• (Eddie Murphy) "If you let have your cornbread, you're gonna be ironin' hisdrawers and clippin' his toenails."

• (Michael Taliferro) "Maybe I oughta eat your cornbread."
• (Eddie Murphy) "Motherf***er, you can't have my cornbread. That's for damn sure. You try and take my cornbread, Killing Spree, Part 2 gon' begin up in here on your ass. You thinking about my cornbread, better get the taste out your mouth. That's for damn sure."
• (Martin Lawrence) "Ray, chill out --"
• (Eddie Murphy) "No, f*** him. f*** that, 'cause I'm from New York City, goddammit. Nobody take no cornbread from me. That goes for anyone of you motherf***ing farmers who wanna start some s***. You f*** around with me, there's gonna be consequences and repercussions."

Obba Babatundé as Willie Long

• (Obba Babatundé) "I didn't see nothing special the first time Ray and Claude walked into the cage. To me, they were just a couple of fools whose luck had run out. 'Course, I was wrong about that."

Guy Torry as Radio

• (Guy Torry) "Hey, New York, you ever been to that there Cotton Club?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "The Cotton Club in Manhattan? Many times, man, I damn near lived in the Cotton Club. I tell you, the Cotton Club is all right. But it ain't got nothin' on The Boom Boom Room. If you ever go to New York, go to Ray's Boom Boom Room"
• (Obba Babatundé) "Hey there, Ray. What's that you talkin' about, the Boom-Boom Room?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "That's my spot, Ray's Boom-Boom Room, the most happening space in all of Manhattan."
• (Anthony Anderson) "Ha ha, so you got your own nightclub?"
• (Eddie Murphy) "Well, right now it's kinda in the development stage, but I'm workin' on it, I'll get it."
• (Michael Taliferro) "So it don't exist."
• (Eddie Murphy) "It exists in my mind, Goldmouth; that's where it starts. It starts in your brain first. You know, it got to exist up here first. "As a man think it, so then shall he get", you know, some s*** like that. You know you read the Bible."

Heavy D as Jake

• (Heavy D) "So Ray and Claude get their pardons, right?"
• (Bonz Malone) "No, they didn't get their pardons, man. If they got their pardons way back then, we wouldn't be burying them here today, would we?"
• (Heavy D) "Oh, yeah, that's right."
• (Obba Babatundé) "What happened is old man Wilkins never come out of the bathroom. Sit right there and died on the s***ter."

Barry Shabaka Henley as Pokerface

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Bernie Mac as Jangle Leg

• (Bernie Mac) "Yo' hand is nice and supple, like a lady."

• (Bernie Mac) "I da pappy."

Anthony Anderson as Cookie

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Bonz Malone as Leon

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