Living the Life (2000)
Katrina Gibson: Kata
Quotes
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Kata : Together, Ana and I, are not afraid of anything. Our homies think we're locos for the things we do. We're living the life.
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Kata : Pocho's the leader of Ninth Street, he thinks he's the baddest cholo in L.A county. He always tries to act all hard. Some girls think this makes him more of a man but I know Pocho's real story.
Pocho : I heard what you done tonight. You're getting a big reputation. You and Kata. Maybe one day you'll be as big as me.
Kata : Maybe we already are.
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Kata : You said you loved Ana and now you're going after her sister! You didn't love Ana.
Pocho : I loved her!
Kata : Stay away from Amelia or I'll...
Pocho : You'll what bitch?
Kata : I'll tell everyone about your mother.
Pocho : If Amelia wants me, I'll take her.
Kata : You wonder why Ana hated you.
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Kata : Dying, that's the one thing we do right.
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Kata : My grandfather was a shaman, a curandero with big magic. Then we moved to L.A and my family went from being near gods to just cholos.
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Kikicho : [after telling Kata he won't get her pregnant] You always told me you were running from that kind of life. You wanted something better.
Kata : I changed my mind. I'll be different than my mother I'll be better, I promise.
Kikicho : I'm getting out Kata. I'm going to be one of those gang-prevention guys that talk in schools. Homies don't listen to anyone but homies, so maybe they'll listen to me. Maggie's doing it with me.
Kata : Maggie? You and her?
[gets off his lap]
Kata : And I came here like some fool chavala asking you to get me pregnant. How did this happen?
Kikicho : We started talking, the day you left me at the field.
Kata : [after a pause] Maggie's good.
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Pocho : [to the girl taking the easy way in] You made the right choice linda.
Kata : [to Pocho] It's low what you're gonna do to her.
Pocho : It's her choice.
Kata : [to the girl] You think these guys will be your friends, that they'll protect you? You do this now and sex is all they'll ever want from you! Don't do it.
Pocho : [to the girl] We'll protect you fine.
[to Kata]
Pocho : Don't disrespect your brother.
Kata : You're not my brother.
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Kata : Are you looking at me?
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Kata : You knew Raul wasn't the guy that capped Ana.
Pocho : I knew. But Ana, she never let me touch her and then she goes off with some other guy, from another neighbourhood! I wanted to kill him when I found out.
Kata : Then you should have shot him yourself you shouldn't have used me.
Pocho : I know. But if I did it, everyone would know that he had been with Ana and I was jealous. If you did, people would think he killed her. I wanted the secret to die with him.
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Kata : We're party girls, you and me.
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Kata : Every night, I see more descansos by my house. My neighbourhood's a war zone. We fight over everything, even crumbling cement streets that don't even belong to us. The mothers make a human wall between the neighbourhoods, trying to stop the killings. My mother wasn't one of them.
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Rosa : [Rosa has chosen a garish dress for Ana] Doesn't she look pretty Kata?
Kata : Yeah, you picked a good dress for Ana.
Ana : [shoots Kata a dirty look]
Rosa : Kata, don't you see a dress you'd like to wear for Ana's party?
Kata : [stops smiling]
[shakes head "no"]
Ana : [smiles] Pick one for her mami