Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Isabel Sanford: Tillie

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• Tillie : All hell done broke loose now!

• John : How do you do, Miss Binks?

  Tillie : I got somethin' to say to you, boy. Just exactly what you tryin' to pull here?

  John : I'm not trying to pull *anything*. I was lookin' to find me a wife.

  Tillie : Ain't that just likely! You wanna answer me somethin'? What kind of doctor you supposed to be, anyhow?

  John : Would you believe horse?

  Tillie : Oh! You make with witticisms and all, huh? Well let me tell you somethin'. You may *think* you're foolin' Miss Joey and her folks, but you ain't foolin' me for a minute. You think I don't see what you are? You're one of those smooth-talkin', smart-ass niggers, just out for all you can get, with your Black Power all that other troublemakin' nonsense. And you listen here. I brought up that child from a baby in her cradle, and ain't *nobody* gonna harm her done while I'm here watchin'. And as long as *you* are *anywhere* around this house, I'm right here watchin'. You read me, boy? You bring any trouble in here you just like to find out what Black Power *really* means! And furthermore to that, you ain't even all that good-lookin'!

• Tillie : I don't care to see a member of my own race getting above himself.

• Tillie : Civil rights is one thing. This here is somethin' else.

• Joanna Drayton : I brought you the latest bulletin. Guess who's coming to dinner now?

  Tillie : The Reverend Martin Luther King?

• Tillie : [Joanna/Joey, has just informed Tillie that John's parents are coming to dinner and to order two more steaks]  It's getting to be a Holy Roller meeting every minute.

• Joanna Drayton : Oh, John. Come meet Tillie. Tillie, this is Dr. Prentice. John, Miss Matilda Binks.

  John : Pleased to meet you, Miss Binks. I've certainly heard a great deal about you.

  Tillie : What are you doing home unexpected? Your folks didn't know you was coming. You told them you're back already?

  Joanna Drayton : I left a message for Mom at the gallery. Oh, it's lovely to see you Tillie! I missed you!

  Tillie : You still ain't told me why you're home early. You want those bags to go upstairs?

  John : Not my two. I'm not staying.

  Joanna Drayton : It's personal reasons Tillie. I'll tell you all about it.

  Tillie : You eat any lunch yet, or you expecting it now?

  Joanna Drayton : Could you make us sandwiches and coffee? We'll have it on the terrace, ok?

  Tillie : Um...

  Joanna Drayton : Do you like it?

  John : It's beautiful.