Paul E. Short

Fred: [On a movie set] I think we need another take.

Cameron: That looked pretty terrific.

Fred: This is going to sound strange but is Jamal seeing a speech coach?

Cameron: What do you mean?

Fred: This is weird for a white guy to say this, but have you noticed he's been talking a lot less "black" lately?

Cameron: No, I haven't noticed that.

Fred: Really? Like in this scene, he's supposed to say "don't be talking about that", and he changed it to "don't talk to me about that".

Cameron: You think because of that the audience won't recognize him as a black man?

Fred: Is there a problem?

Cameron: Excuse me?

Fred: Is there a problem?

Cameron: No, we don't have a problem.

Fred: All I'm saying it's not his character. Eddie is supposed to be the smart one, not Jamal, right? You're the expert here but to me it rings false.

Shaniqua: Mr. Ryan, my name is Shaniqua Johnson. I believe we spoke last night.

Officer Ryan: Yeah, I wanted to apologize. I haven't been too much sleep and my father's in a lot of pain.

Shaniqua: I'm sorry to hear that.

Officer Ryan: The doctor he's seeing says he's got a urinary tract infection, but he's been taking this medicine for a month now and seems to be getting worse.

Shaniqua: And he's been back to see Dr. Roberts?

Officer Ryan: Between you and me, the man's an idiot.

Shaniqua: Really?

Officer Ryan: Well, no offense, but the doctor sees a hundred patients an hour, I think his nurses are doing most of the work.

Shaniqua: If your father is unhappy with Dr. Roberts he's welcome to see a doctor outside the network.

Officer Ryan: And if this new doctor says it's not an infection and says it's his prostate and needs to be operated on, is it going to be covered?

Shaniqua: Not unless Dr. Roberts authorizes it.

Officer Ryan: Then what good is that going to do?

Shaniqua: I'm sorry, there's nothing else I can do.

Officer Ryan: You know what I can't do? I can't look at you without thinking about the five or six more qualified white men that didn't get your job.

Shaniqua: It's time for you to go.

Officer Ryan: I'm saying this because I'm really hoping I'm wrong about you. I'm hoping someone like yourself, someone who has been given a helping hand might have a little compassion for someone else in a similar situation.