Paper Moon (1973)

P.J. Johnson: Imogene

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Quotes 

• Addie Loggins : Imogene, what do you suppose Miss Trixie'd do if somebody offered her $25 to put out.

  Imogene : Ooo Wee! You crazy? For that much money, that woman'd drop her pants down in the middle of the road!

• Addie Loggins : Why don't you quit?

  Imogene : Quit! Now, how am I gonna quit? And what if I do quit, I ain't got no money to get home to Mama. And what if I do get home, they got hard times as it is. My Mama say, "You go work for that white lady, she'll take good care of you."

  [Rolls her eyes] 

  Imogene : You wanna know what I think?

  Addie Loggins : Yeah.

  Imogene : You know the little white speck on top of chicken doo-doo?

  Addie Loggins : Yeah.

  Imogene : Well, that's the kind of white I think miss Trixie is. She's just like that little white speck on top of old chicken shit.

• [about Trixie Delight] 

  Addie Loggins : How come she had to leave that job back there?

  Imogene : Cause the boss-man tried to make her put out for his friends, and she don't believe in puttin' out for free!

  Addie Loggins : She put out much?

  Imogene : Just like a gum machine. You drop some in and she'll put some out.

  Addie Loggins : How much she charge?

  Imogene : Most she can get. But, she always asks for five dollars.

• Imogene : [of Miss Trixie]  I tried to push her out of a window in Little Rock once.

• Addie Loggins : She really do all that dancin'?

  Imogene : Well, if you want to call it dancin'! All she do is wag her hips and shake her ole behind a little.

• Imogene : Mr. Mose, Miss Trixie don't feel so good. She says she gonna stay in bed today. She says she'll see you around supper time.

  Moses Pray : She's sick? Sick in bed? I-I better get up there.

  Imogene : Oh, she ain't real sick. Ain't nothin' to worry about. She's just havin' lady's time.

• Addie Loggins : Where you from?

  Imogene : Nowhere.

  Addie Loggins : Well, you gotta be from somewhere.

  Imogene : Down by Troy, I guess.