Black Snake Moan (2006)
Samuel L. Jackson: Lazarus
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Quotes
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Lazarus : God put you in my path and I aim to cure you of your wicked ways.
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Lazarus : Where the fuck all these people come from? I have been drinking in this shithole all my life, I ain't never seen this many people in here at once.
Bojo : Shithole? Kiss my ass, Laz.
Lazarus : Back at you, Mutherfucker.
Gill : [Hands Laz a flask after tricking him into showing up at the club to play]
Lazarus : That's right, preacher, get me drunk so I don't stick my foot up your ass.
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Lazarus : [to Rae] Whoa, girl. You put the fear of the devil in me!
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Lazarus : [to Rae as she quickly gobbles up the food he prepared for her] I put a lot of backache into growin' them greens; put love into cooking the rest of it. If you slow down, ya might just taste some of it.
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Lazarus : So what you know how to make?
Rae : I don't fuckin' cook.
Lazarus : You know Rae, I've met a lot of hard mouthed people in my day...
Rae : Alright, alright. Look, I put the God damn dress on alright? I think I'm handlin' myself with a little bit of fuckin' restraint. I mean you got me chained up here like I'm some kind of dog!
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Lazarus : [to his brother] You took her into your bed, now you gotta lay in it.
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Reverend R. L. : [to Laz about confronting Rose in the cafe] You ain't gonna make a fuss, are you?
[pause]
Reverend R. L. : Nothing a man can do when a woman make up her mind.
Lazarus : I never laid a hand on her in anger. Not a day. Not even when I's drinkin'. But this business got me wonderin' what a good shake and slap would do for her.
Reverend R. L. : That kind of talk is between us. Don't you go in there with that shit on your tongue.
Lazarus : I didn't start this, R.L...
Reverend R. L. : You wanna pray with me 'fore you go in? Laz?
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Rose Woods : How many times we been over this, Laz? How many times?
[pause]
Rose Woods : Thought we was gonna be friendly about this.
Lazarus : Carryin' on behind my back. Make me out to look like a fool to all our people. Tell me, what's friendly about that?
Rose Woods : I'm not ready to grow old, Laz. Livin' with you. I feel it. Like I'm one foot in the dirt. Saw it happen to my momma. And that's not gonna happen to me. I got living to do.
Lazarus : And you gonna live it with him?
[pause]
Lazarus : Rose. Folks get sick. But you do what you can to get on the mend. Our marriage... it just got sick. That's all.
Rose Woods : Talk to me about sick. Ain't been right since I moved into that drafty house.
Lazarus : I kept the heat on...
Rose Woods : That damned, rusty, radiator, bout burned the skin off my legs each time I passed.
Lazarus : Kept us warm for twelve years.
Rose Woods : I deserve better than this.
Lazarus : Better than me?
Rose Woods : Better than what you give.
Lazarus : Rose, please...
Rose Woods : Laz... You can't say nothin'...
Lazarus : If we get with a counselor. At the church, maybe they's...
Rose Woods : I don't love you no more!
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Lazarus : I'm cookin' steaks fah dinnah. I expect you to stay.
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Lazarus : [to Rae while he puts her in an ice-filled bathtub] I know it hurts. We gotta break that fever. I ain't gonna let you die! I AIN'T LETTING YOU DIE!
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Deke Woods : We're not gonna get through this clean. But it don't need to get dirty. All this... it just come together unexpected. You think I want to hurt you? I... I'd take a bullet for you, Laz.
Lazarus : [after a long pause] We can put that to the test. Bo, you still got that .22 behind the tap? My little brother say he'd take a bullet for me!
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Lazarus : [to Rose as he grabs her arm as she walks to leave the cafe] My daddy told me that a younger woman would bleed me dry! And that's what you did. Ya bled me!
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Lazarus : Collar your dog!
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Lazarus : [Rose brings up Deke's name] Say what you gotta say, but I ain't gonna hear you speak his name to me. Not never. You hear?
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Lazarus : [sings while playing his guitar] Just like a bird without a feather, you know I'm lost without your love/Just like a bird without a feather, you know I'm lost without your love/You know I need your love just like the angels need heaven above...
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Lazarus : [to Tyrone] Whoa, collar that dog, boy!