Take the Lead Quotes

Take the Lead is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Take the Lead completed its run in 1970.

It features Christopher Godsick as producer, and Bonnie Greenberg in charge of musical score.

Take the Lead is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Take the Lead is 118 minutes long. Take the Lead is distributed by New Line Cinema.

The cast includes: Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulaine, Rob Brown as Rock, Dante Basco as Ramos, Alfre Woodard as Principal Augustine James, Lauren Collins as Caitlin, Jonathan Malen as Kurd, Marcus T. Paulk as Eddie, Katya Virshilas as Morgan, Jenna Dewan as Sasha, Alfre Woodard as Principal, Yaya DaCosta as LaRhette, and Shawand McKenzie as Big Girl.

Take the Lead Quotes

Marcus T. Paulk as Eddie

• (Marcus T. Paulk) "Check Mr Dulaine. He's just gettin' his flirt on."

• (Marcus T. Paulk) "Yo son, who died?"
• (Antonio Banderas) "Apparently your manners --"

• (Marcus T. Paulk) "Yo son, who died?"
• (Antonio Banderas) "Apparently, good manners."

• (Marcus T. Paulk) "Man, punk moves like that won't get you no play around here, trust me I've tried it."

Yaya DaCosta as LaRhette

• (Yaya DaCosta) "You think you one of us now?"
• (Lauren Collins) "No."

Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulaine

• (Antonio Banderas) "I want to teach your kids to dance."
• (Alfre Woodard) "If theres' one thing they can do, it's dance."
• (Antonio Banderas) "Ballroom dance? Waltz, the foxtrot?"
• (Alfre Woodard) "Ok, where's the camera? Because if you're saying that you want to teach my kids the foxtrot I have to be on TV."

• (Antonio Banderas) "To do something, anything, is hard. It's much easier to blame your father, your mother, the environment, the government, the lack of money, but even if you find a place to assign the blame,it doesn't make the problems go away."

• (Antonio Banderas) "What I teach has value."
• (Dante Basco) "Not where I live."

• (Antonio Banderas) "Nice job. We could've used that in class today."
• (Antonio Banderas) "Rock, just a second. The night you destroyed Miss Augustine's car, why did you do it?"
• (Rob Brown) "Because it felt good."
• (Antonio Banderas) "That's all?"
• (Rob Brown) "Why you in my business, man?"
• (Antonio Banderas) "It's hard to lose someone you love. It hurts. It's easy to think that something on the street can fill the bad feeling inside, but you know what? It won't."
• (Rob Brown) "You need to stop acting like you know my life."
• (Antonio Banderas) "Stop assuming I was talking about your life."
• (Rob Brown) "What are you doing here?"
• (Antonio Banderas) "Not everybody has ulterior motives."
• (Rob Brown) "In my world they do. And if our worlds ain't that far apart, you would understand that. Youcome around here with your fancy suits on, your slick little dance moves, you think you're better than us, don't you?"
• (Antonio Banderas) "No no, you don't know who I am --"
• (Rob Brown) "Oh I don't know anything, huh? You can know about me but I can't know anything about you?"
• (Rob Brown) "I got work."

• (Antonio Banderas) "Do you love to dance?"
• (Lauren Collins) "Yeah"
• (Antonio Banderas) "Then you're meant to dance."

• (Antonio Banderas) "If she allows me to lead she trusts me, but more than that she's trusting herself. Now if your 16-year-old daughter is strong and trusts herself. How likely is she to let some idiot knock her up? And if your son can learn to touch a girl with respect, how will he treat women throughout his life?"

• (Antonio Banderas) "Sometimes the best way to conquer an enemy is to get right up in his face."
• (Yaya DaCosta) "I'd rather be dead than up in his face."
• (Rob Brown) "You know what? I feel the same way."
• (Antonio Banderas) "You know, guys, you're lucky. Common emotions can be very powerful."

• (Antonio Banderas) "Thank you."
• (Yaya DaCosta) "Uh-huh."
• (Antonio Banderas) "I believe the appropiate response is "you're welcome""
• (Yaya DaCosta) "Uh-huh."

• (Antonio Banderas) "I understand six languages and I speak five; all with a Spanish accent"

Jonathan Malen as Kurd

• (Jonathan Malen) "Why you gotta be such a ballroom weirdo?"

• (Jonathan Malen) "Check this out."

Dante Basco as Ramos

• (Dante Basco) "What? ¿Tu no sabes? I can shake it."
• (Antonio Banderas) "Then I suggest you shake it with the partner that I assigned you."

• (Dante Basco) "I'm so fly I can make anyone look good."

• (Dante Basco) "Whaaat?"

Katya Virshilas as Morgan

• (Katya Virshilas) "I've never seen anyone move like that before."
• (Jenna Dewan) "I'm sure."

Alfre Woodard as Principal

• (Alfre Woodard) "Keep talking. Give me a reason to kick your butt out of my school. Give me one."

• (Alfre Woodard) "You know who did that to my car, don't you?"
• (Antonio Banderas) "He may have been black, or hispanic."
• (Alfre Woodard) "-- Let me know if you remember --"

• (Alfre Woodard) "For these kids life is a fight to stay alive, and a hustle to make ends meet."

• (Alfre Woodard) "I don't want it pimped I want it fixed."

Lauren Collins as Caitlin

• (Lauren Collins) "Mr.Dulaine? Morgan says the kids you teach up town are a bunch of no-talent losers."
• (Antonio Banderas) "You cannot always believe what Morgan says."
• (Lauren Collins) "I would really like to join them."

Rob Brown as Rock

• (Rob Brown) "No one does somethin' for nothin'."

• (Rob Brown) "Doctor's note. I can't dance, I have a heart condition."
• (Antonio Banderas) "Interesting man, your doctor. Not many doctors write notes on three-hole paper."

Jenna Dewan as Sasha

• (Jenna Dewan) "Look we don't need your charity or anything."

Shawand McKenzie as Big Girl

• (Shawand McKenzie) "Hold up. How the hell do I know where his hand's have been?"
• (Jonathan Malen) "Here I'll show you."
• (Jonathan Malen) "Now you know."
• (Antonio Banderas) "That's not right. That is NOT right."
• (Marcus T. Paulk) "Now that's "ball" room."

Add or Update Quotes

If you have a quote to add or change and want to let us know, please fill in the form below. Include the time in the film/video if possible so we can find it.