# Bringing Down the House (film)

Bringing Down the House is a 2003 American romantic comedy film, written by Jason Filardi and directed by Adam Shankman. The film stars Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.

## Peter Sanderson

* You are such an ass... (drinks water) ... set to this company.
* Ashley! Who are you doing here?

## Charlene Morton

* You lock me out, no money, no place to go, a sister got to get her cheese on.

## Mrs. Arness

* I do believe I'm stoned.
* [guns fired] Pussies

## Ashley

* [to Charlene] You messed with the wrong W.A.S.P., bitch.
* Oh, I can't talk about it 'cause gangsta people will come to my house and cut me.

## Georgey

* [Reading an article from an adult magazine] The girl had double D cups. I put my mouth on her nipple.

## Dialogue

    Georgey: [reading an article from an adult magazine] Dad, what's a rack?
    Peter: It's a country.
    Howie: I'd like to dip you in Cheez Wiz and spread you all over a Ritz cracker, if I'm not being too stuble.
    Charlene: Boy, you some kind of freaky!
    Howie: Oh, you have no idea. You got me straight trippin' boo!
    Mrs. Kline: We have to brush your hair differently. You look like a fag.
    Peter: I message for you. Howie says, "The cool points out the window and you got him all twisted up in the game."
    Charlene: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
    Charlene: I kicked it off the heezy and bounced... for real, though!
    Peter: What did you just say?
    Ashley: [to Peter, about Charlene] What is she doing here?
    Charlene: Oh. Get used to it, twiggy; you're going to be seeing a lot more of me around here!
    Ashley: [to Peter, about Charlene] Not without a broom in your hand.
    Charlene: If I HAVE a broom, it's only because I'm here to sweep up the white trash!
    Ashley: Save it for the Y.M.C.A, Jemimah.
    Charlene: Bitch! I will kick the bulimia out of your ass!
    Mrs. Arness: [to Charlene] Oh, just one moment... you know, there's a lovely, sad, Negro spiritual...
    [Sarah chokes on her food]
    Mrs. Arness: Ivy's brother used to... uh, are you all right?
    [Sarah nods weakly and takes a sip of her drink]
    Mrs. Arness: Anyway, Ivy's brother used to sing this when he came in from the tobbaco fields...
    [beings to sing]
    Mrs. Arness: Mmmm... "Mama, is master going to sell us tomorrow? Yes, yes, yes! Mama, is master going to sell us tomorrow? Yes, yes, yes! Mama... is master going to sell ME to-mor-or-or-row..."
    Howie: Do me a favor, precious: don't ever scare me like that again, or I'm going to give you a nasty spanking... if I'm not being too subtle!
    Charlene: [smiles] He's such a damn freak!
    Peter: Charlene, what is this particular taste? It's familiar, yet... what is it, some sort of an herb, like sage?
    Charlene: Naw... it's more like a milk of mint.
    Peter: Well, whatever it is, the taste is explosive!
    Charlene: Well, good then! Enjoy!
    Mike: (Charlene's hanging Mike by his feet off the top of a house after finding out he got rough with Sarah to have sex with her) Please don't kill me! Oh God! Pull me up!
    Charlene: Yo Sarah! Mike has something he wants to say,
    Charlene: Say sorry!
    Mike: I'm sorry!
    Charlene: Say sorry!
    Mike: (louder) I'm sorry!
    Charlene: Say no means no!
    Mike: No means no!
    (Ashley is beating up Charlene)
    Ashley: Compliments of Tae-Bo: 2 hours a day 5 days a week.
    (Charlene beats up Ashley then shoves her face in a toilet)
    Charlene: Compliments of the hood: 24 hours a day all my life!
    Charlene: Pretend I'm your wife. Talk dirty to me.
    Peter: Um, okay... I wanna kiss you A LOT!
    Charlene: No no no! Dirtier...
    Peter: I wanna give you - an aromatherapy massage!
    Charlene: Try harder!
    Peter: I wanna have SEXUAL INTERCOURSE with you!
    Charlene: I give up!

## Taglines

* Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
* Bring It.

## Cast

* Steve Martin - Peter Sanderson
* Queen Latifah - Charlene Morton
* Eugene Levy - Howie Rottman
* Joan Plowright - Virginia Arness
* Jean Smart - Kate Sanderson
* Kimberly J. Brown - Sarah Sanderson
* Angus T. Jones - Georgey Sanderson
* Missi Pyle - Ashley

## External links

* Bringing Down the House quotes at the Internet Movie Database