Ghost Quotes
After an accident leaves a young man dead, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Oda Mae Brown: He's stuck, that's what it is. He's in between worlds. You know it happens sometimes that the spirit gets yanked out so fast that the essence still feels it has work to do here.
Sam Wheat: Would you stop rambling?
Oda Mae Brown: I don't think I'm rambling, I'm just answering the question. He's got a attitude now.
Sam Wheat: I don't have an attitude.
Oda Mae Brown: Yes, you do have an attitude. If you didn't have an attitude, you would not have raised your voice at me now, would you?
Sam Wheat: God dammit...
Oda Mae Brown: Don't you "God dammit" me. Don't you take the Lord's name in vain with me. I don't take that!
Sam Wheat: Would you relax?
Oda Mae Brown: No, you relax, you're the dead guy!
Sam Wheat: Would you stop rambling?
Oda Mae Brown: I don't think I'm rambling, I'm just answering the question. He's got a attitude now.
Sam Wheat: I don't have an attitude.
Oda Mae Brown: Yes, you do have an attitude. If you didn't have an attitude, you would not have raised your voice at me now, would you?
Sam Wheat: God dammit...
Oda Mae Brown: Don't you "God dammit" me. Don't you take the Lord's name in vain with me. I don't take that!
Sam Wheat: Would you relax?
Oda Mae Brown: No, you relax, you're the dead guy!
Oda Mae Brown: I'm feeling something... did he know someone by the name of Ana?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Consuelo?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Lucita?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Julieta?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Josefina?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Linda?
[getting frustrated]
Oda Mae Brown: Maria?
Rosa Santiago: Sí, sí! His mamá! She is Maria!
Oda Mae Brown: Yes! Praise God, I knew he was with his mama!
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Consuelo?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Lucita?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Julieta?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Josefina?
Rosa Santiago: [shakes head no]
Oda Mae Brown: Linda?
[getting frustrated]
Oda Mae Brown: Maria?
Rosa Santiago: Sí, sí! His mamá! She is Maria!
Oda Mae Brown: Yes! Praise God, I knew he was with his mama!
Sam Wheat: How long have you been here?
Subway Ghost: Since they pushed me.
Sam Wheat: Someone pushed you?
Subway Ghost: Yeah, someone pushed me.
Sam Wheat: Who?
Subway Ghost: What, you don't believe me? You think I fell? You think I jumped? Well, fuck you! It wasn't my time! I wasn't supposed to go! I'm not supposed to be here!
[the ghost kicks a cigarette machine, causing cigarette packs to fall out. He looks longingly at the cigarettes]
Subway Ghost: Oh, I'd give anything for a drag! Just one drag!
Subway Ghost: Since they pushed me.
Sam Wheat: Someone pushed you?
Subway Ghost: Yeah, someone pushed me.
Sam Wheat: Who?
Subway Ghost: What, you don't believe me? You think I fell? You think I jumped? Well, fuck you! It wasn't my time! I wasn't supposed to go! I'm not supposed to be here!
[the ghost kicks a cigarette machine, causing cigarette packs to fall out. He looks longingly at the cigarettes]
Subway Ghost: Oh, I'd give anything for a drag! Just one drag!
Oda Mae Brown: [calling for Molly] Do you hear me talking to you?
Workman in Loft: I hear you!
Oda Mae Brown: Ah, shut up, nobody's talking to you.
Workman in Loft: Didn't you ever hear of a phone?
Oda Mae Brown: Wanna kiss my butt?
[pause, to Molly again]
Oda Mae Brown: I'm not gonna stand out here forever!
Workman in Loft: Thank God!
Oda Mae Brown: Ah, man, shut up!
Workman in Loft: I hear you!
Oda Mae Brown: Ah, shut up, nobody's talking to you.
Workman in Loft: Didn't you ever hear of a phone?
Oda Mae Brown: Wanna kiss my butt?
[pause, to Molly again]
Oda Mae Brown: I'm not gonna stand out here forever!
Workman in Loft: Thank God!
Oda Mae Brown: Ah, man, shut up!
[Sam is crouching on the subway station floor, trying to move a bottle cap with his fingers. The Subway Ghost is laughing at him]
Subway Ghost: What are you doing? What the hell are you doing? You're trying to move it with your finger. You can't push it with your finger! You're dead! It's all in your mind. The problem with you is that you still think you're real. You think you're wearing those clothes? You think you're crouched on that floor? Bullshit! You ain't got a body no more, son!
[Taps his forehead]
Subway Ghost: It's all up here now! You want to move something, you got to move it with your mind! You got to focus, you hear what I'm sayin'?
Sam Wheat: How? How do you focus?
Subway Ghost: I don't know *how* you focus! You just focus!
[Subway Ghost uses his finger to flick away the bottle cap]
Sam Wheat: How did you do that?
Subway Ghost: You take all your emotions! All your anger, all your love, all your hate! And push it way down here into the pit of your stomach! And then let it explode, like a reactor! Pow!
[Subway Ghost kicks a soda can across the floor]
Subway Ghost: What are you doing? What the hell are you doing? You're trying to move it with your finger. You can't push it with your finger! You're dead! It's all in your mind. The problem with you is that you still think you're real. You think you're wearing those clothes? You think you're crouched on that floor? Bullshit! You ain't got a body no more, son!
[Taps his forehead]
Subway Ghost: It's all up here now! You want to move something, you got to move it with your mind! You got to focus, you hear what I'm sayin'?
Sam Wheat: How? How do you focus?
Subway Ghost: I don't know *how* you focus! You just focus!
[Subway Ghost uses his finger to flick away the bottle cap]
Sam Wheat: How did you do that?
Subway Ghost: You take all your emotions! All your anger, all your love, all your hate! And push it way down here into the pit of your stomach! And then let it explode, like a reactor! Pow!
[Subway Ghost kicks a soda can across the floor]
Oda Mae Brown: My mother had it. My mother's mother had it. They both had the gift. They always said I had it, but I never did. I never had it. They told me what it was like. They told me all about it, but now that I got it, I don't think I want it. So do me a favor, just go away. Find somebody else.
Sam: Somebody else? You're out of your mind.
Oda Mae Brown: I'm gettin' there fast.
Sam: Somebody else? You're out of your mind.
Oda Mae Brown: I'm gettin' there fast.
Oda Mae Brown: [to Sam] Where exactly are you?
Sam: I'm standing right beside you.
Oda Mae Brown: Oh, you're standing right beside me?
Oda Mae's Sister: [from in the kitchen with Oda Mae's other sister] Honey, we're right here.
Oda Mae Brown: Are you *white*?
Sam: WHAT?
Oda Mae's Sister: White?
Oda Mae Brown: You're white, aren't you?
Oda Mae's Sister: You know what I think?
Oda Mae's Sister: Yes, I'm gonna call the doctor right now.
Oda Mae Brown: I knew it. It's a white guy. Why me?
Sam: Listen, damn it. You are going to help me. There's a woman. Her name is Molly Jensen and she's in terrible danger. The man who killed me broke into our apartment and he's gonna go back. So you've gotta warn her.
Oda Mae Brown: Just what makes you think she's gonna listen to me?
Oda Mae Brown: It's just a phone call. Look, you're all I've got. Now, I'm not leaving until you help me. I don't care how long it takes, 'cause I could talk forever.
Sam: I'm standing right beside you.
Oda Mae Brown: Oh, you're standing right beside me?
Oda Mae's Sister: [from in the kitchen with Oda Mae's other sister] Honey, we're right here.
Oda Mae Brown: Are you *white*?
Sam: WHAT?
Oda Mae's Sister: White?
Oda Mae Brown: You're white, aren't you?
Oda Mae's Sister: You know what I think?
Oda Mae's Sister: Yes, I'm gonna call the doctor right now.
Oda Mae Brown: I knew it. It's a white guy. Why me?
Sam: Listen, damn it. You are going to help me. There's a woman. Her name is Molly Jensen and she's in terrible danger. The man who killed me broke into our apartment and he's gonna go back. So you've gotta warn her.
Oda Mae Brown: Just what makes you think she's gonna listen to me?
Oda Mae Brown: It's just a phone call. Look, you're all I've got. Now, I'm not leaving until you help me. I don't care how long it takes, 'cause I could talk forever.
Sam: [after he spots Molly at the bank] Oda Mae, we've gotta go!
Oda Mae Brown: Well, I'd best go now! It's been a PLEASURE doing business with you! A real pleasure! Now may I keep this...
Oda Mae Brown: [Sam pushes her chair to get her moving] Say hi to Bob and Snookie for me, I'll see ya!
[She races off, talking frantically to Sam]
Oda Mae Brown: Well, I'd best go now! It's been a PLEASURE doing business with you! A real pleasure! Now may I keep this...
Oda Mae Brown: [Sam pushes her chair to get her moving] Say hi to Bob and Snookie for me, I'll see ya!
[She races off, talking frantically to Sam]
