Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)

Lynn Carlin: Julia Little

Quotes 

• John Little : I wasn't voted out of office because I've been a bad sheriff. I was voted out because I ain't colored!

  [Julia starts to laugh] 

  John Little : Did I say something funny?

  Julia Little : I've been meanin' to have a talk with you about your complexion.

  John Little : [laughs]  Oh, you. Julie, I'm the first man in the whole state to get hit over the head with black power.

• John Little : [after Julia sends their two daughters to bed]  Kinda late, aren't they?

  Julia Little : TV special. The Wizard of Oz.

• Julia Little : You keep sayin' you're not going to do it; but, I know you are.

  John Little : No, I'm not either. There's no chance.

  Julia Little : No chance, my foot. You know I know you like chalk on a blackboard. You're gonna be that nigger's deputy, just as sure as the sun is gonna shine in July.

• Julia Little : Everybody's gonna say, "John Little's gotta nigger boss. Ha-ha-ha." They're gonna say, "John Little is a nigger lover." But, you're just gonna go out and do it anyway. Every white woman in Caloosa County is gonna look at me with big, sad, pitying eyes; but, that won't stop ya! And the children are gonna get hurt; but, that won't stop ya either.