Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999 TV Movie)

Halle Berry: Dorothy Dandridge

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• Earl Mills : [notices thick makeup on Dorothy's face]  What happened to your face?

  Dorothy Dandridge : Guess I wasn't black enough to lead the tribe.

• Dorothy Dandridge : Harold says I'm the most beautiful girl in the world.

  Geri Nicholas : I'd rather be smart than beautiful.

  Dorothy Dandridge : Well, I'd rather be beautiful.

  Geri Nicholas : Beauty fades. A woman gets old.

  Dorothy Dandridge : Not me. I'm staying young and beautiful unti the day I die!

• Dorothy Dandridge : Have you seen my man? That Carmen Jones snatched him from me and I'm all lost over what to do about it. Can't decide. If it's better I follow him up to the Windy City, or should I wait? Wait for him to come back to his happy-hearted home? Tell me what to do... I'm Cindy Lou.

  Otto Preminger : The hell you are.

• Dorothy Dandridge : Have you ever caught sight of yourself by accident and you see yourself from the outside? That's who you really are.

• Dorothy Dandridge : [angrily]  Tonight, I'll take my bows and exit stage rear, go through the kitchen, past the casino, around the pool, which I'm apparently too dirty to swim in, up the service elevator, into my luxurious penthouse, sip my complimentary champagne, and pee in a brand new Dixie cup!

  Earl Mills : I take that walk with you every night, you know.

  Dorothy Dandridge : But the difference is, Earl, you don't HAVE to!

• Dorothy Dandridge : [after Otto attends the premiere of "Carmen Jones" with his wife]  How dare you parade her in front of me.

  Otto Preminger : I didn't know she was coming.

  Dorothy Dandridge : It was *my* night, Otto! You won't be seen with me in public, but then I have to watch you traipse around with her!

  Otto Preminger : She's my wife.

  Dorothy Dandridge : Tell her to leave. You have an understanding, remember? She openly makes the rounds with another man, Otto, and you don't complain about it! So, why couldn't you spend the evening with me?

• Harold Nicholas : Dottie, it's a whole different ballgame over there! They don't know the difference between black and white, and when they do, it's because they're treating us better than they treat their own!

  Dorothy Dandridge : I can't go to Paris! Lynn is going to need special care!

  Harold Nicholas : Then get special care.

  Dorothy Dandridge : Not in an institution!

  Harold Nicholas : Dottie, she doesn't even know we're here.

  Dorothy Dandridge : I'm her mother. And you are her father.

  Harold Nicholas : And I married you. Not this.

  Dorothy Dandridge : Well, I am this! What are you?

  Harold Nicholas : I'm Harold Nicholas, of the Nicholas Brothers. And maybe that's all I'm supposed to be.