Martin Lawrence
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Frankfurt, Germany
Actor/comedian Martin Lawrence started the 21st century off with a bang, starring and executive producing Big Momma's House, the story of an FBI agent posing as a corpulent Southern matriarch, which went on to gross more than 100 million dollars, despite universally negative reviews. The success of this film pushed Lawrence ever closer to joining the much-coveted 20-million-dollar club, cementing his reputation as one of the biggest comic stars for years to come.Lawrence was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 16, 1965, and eventually settled with his family in suburban Maryland around his sixth birthday. Soon after, his father left the family; Lawrence claims he got his start as a comedian by cheering up his mother, who was forced to support her six children by cashiering in various department stores. He attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Landover, MD, dabbling in sports and sticking with comedy, even agreeing to stop acting up in an art class in return for performing his stand-up routine in front of the other students.Soon after graduating, the bug-eyed performer earned a chance to perform on Star Search, which led to a role in 1985's What's Happening Now! Lawrence kept honing his frenetic schtick and by 1989, won two big breaks -- a supporting role in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and MCing HBO's Def Comedy Jam. Lawrence continued to rack up scene-stealing roles throughout the early '90s, including parts in House Party, House Party 2, and Boomerang, eventually landing his own series on Fox in 1992, appropriately named Martin. The show became a huge success, its risqué humor making it a ratings stalwart for more than five years and winning two NAACP Image Awards in the process, although some detractors criticized Lawrence for promoting the image of an oversexed, insensitive black man.Two years after Martin's successful launch, Lawrence released You So Crazy!, a raunchy, vulgarity-laced comedy that originally received the NC-17 rating and was later released unrated. Its crudeness, however, didn't matter much to audiences, as You So Crazy! went on to become one of the highest-grossing concert films of its time.Lawrence appeared to have it all, professionally and privately; in 1995 he married former beauty queen Patricia Southall in a lavish ceremony and the pair had a daughter, Jasmine. Around this time, however, Lawrence's success story began to slip away, his off-camera behavior setting up what should someday be a fascinating E! True Hollywood Story.On the set of his directorial debut, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Lawrence erupted in a violent outburst and began taking psychotropic drugs. A few months later, he was arrested for another disturbance, where he reportedly brandished a pistol and screamed at tourists and others on Ventura Boulevard. Over the next two years, his behavior became even more erratic as he racked up a series of gun-related arrests. He landed in drug rehab and filed for divorce from Southall after she got a temporary restraining order against him for yet another vicious eruption.But the most bizarre and unsettling charges were yet to come. Tisha Campbell, Lawrence's co-star on Martin and the House Party films, filed suit against the star and the show's producers, HBO Studios, claiming Lawrence sexually harassed her to the point that she feared for her safety. The studio brokered a settlement that allowed Campbell to finish the show's final season, although she and Lawrence would never be on the soundstage together again.Despite all the trauma, Lawrence seemed as popular as ever. He starred in four hugely commercial successes between 1995 and 1999, including Bad Boys with Will Smith, Nothing to Lose with Tim Robbins, Life with Eddie Murphy, and on his own in Blue Streak. These films made Lawrence extremely bankable -- his salary broke the ten-million-dollar mark for Big Momma's House and it seemed as if his previous troubles were behind him.Then in 1999, while jogging to lose an extra few
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Quotes from Martin Lawrence's Characters
Det. Marcus Burnett: | My ass still hurts from what you did to it. |
Ryan: | Well she may be in 12th grade, but that ass is in grad school. |
Hank Rafferty: | Hey, do you actually believe the crap that comes out of your mouth? |
Earl Montgomery: | Well, I'm never really sure till i'm finished talkin'. |
Earl Montgomery: | Time to conceal the weapon. |
Det. Marcus Burnett: | Did you see that?!? |
Det. Marcus Burnett: | Did you see that? |
Det. Mike Lowrey: | They throwing cars at us! How am I not seeing that?!? |
Det. Mike Lowrey: | They throwing cars at us! How am I not seeing that? |
Malcolm Turner/Big Momma: | Nobody called it the nutcracker |
Malcolm Turner/Big Momma: | Now I know why they call it the Nutcracker. |
Det. Marcus Burnett: | This is a nice fish. Big fuckin eyes, but a nice fuckin fish. |
Malcolm / Big Momma: | When she put clothes in the trash. |
Malcolm / Big Momma: | When she gave tequila to dog name pancho. |
Bobby Davis: | They say you can get water in cactuses. Where in a desert and they don't get no damnable cactuses. |
Dudley Frank: | I think when its plural its pronounced cacti. |
Bobby Davis: | Im killing him. |
Boog: | Uh... ELLIOT! |
Boog: | Get it off! Like a band-aid! Please! |
Boog: | Get it off, like a band-aid please! |
Elliot: | Okay this might hurt a little, and you might want to cover your ears |
Boog: | Cover my what- OW!! |
Boog: | Cover my what- OW! |
Elliot: | Okay scamp off back to the woods little buddy. Oh porcupines. |
Elliot: | These big wood stick things are called trees. |
Elliot: | These big rocks are called mountains and little rocks are their babies. |
Boog: | Uh... ELLIOT! |
Elliot: | Boogster, ugh. How many times do I have to tell you. "I'm the incredible Mr. E." |
Elliot: | Boogster, ugh. How many times do I have to tell you. 'I'm the incredible Mr. E.' |
Boog: | Eliot... please. Whoa! |
Elliot: | Look, if you don't use the code names who would I know you would be the one talking to me. |
Giselle: | Sweet! |
McSquizzy: | Freedom!! |
McSquizzy: | Freedom! |
Boog: | Ha ha ha, huh? What? |
Shaw: | Hello, Goldilocks! Ha ha ha! |
Elliot: | Yeah, bulls eye! |
Elliot: | Quick, we need more ammo. |
Boog: | Elliot, catch! |
Elliot: | Got it! |
Boog: | Fire! |
Elliot: | Boog, It's working! |
Boog: | Ha ha ha ha, yeah! Look at them run! |
McSquizzy: | Send out, Mr. Happy! |
Boog: | Who? |
Park Ranger Beth: | Gordy, I'm taking home! |
McSquizzy: | Oh...Mr. Happy didn't go off. |
Boog: | Whoa whoa, we were just supposed to run them into town! |
Elliot: | That's right, keep running. |
Boog: | Behold, the mighty grizzly! |
Boog: | You know Elliot, This place ain't so bad. |
Elliot: | Wait, hold that thought. |
Elliot: | Woo-Hoo! |
Boog: | Dinkleman! |
Boog: | Ouch! |
Boog: | Keep your tree. I'll find another one. |
Boog: | I'M GONNA KILL YOU! [Tackles Elliot behind the curtains and starts hurting him] |
Boog: | You chipped a... you chipped a... [Finally loses it] I'm gonna kill you! |
Elliot: | I chipped a hoof ! |
Elliot: | I chipped a hoof! |
Boog: | you chipped..... you chipped a, IM GUNNA KILL YOU !!!! |
Boog: | You chipped... you chipped a... I'M GUNNA KILL YOU! |
Boog: | I never hold a grudge. I just let it go. |
Malcolm Turner/Big Momma: | You'd better change your voice before you start scaring the girls. |
Trent/Charmaine: | Oh how about this? Swing low...Swing AAAAAAAAAHHHHH! [screeching] |
Malcolm Turner/Big Momma: | Big Momma take orders from nobody...Nobody! |
Tyler: | What does he think, I'm gonna stink it all up and bring it back? |
Det. Marcus Burnett: | This is some sick shit! |
Det. Mike Lowrey: | Yup! It's about to get sicker! |
Boog: | I got ten claws and I ain't afraid of you. |
Boog: | I do what I want, when I want, and I come and go as I please. |
Boog: | Outside? |
Boog: | No problem! |
Boog: | You got it all twisted. |
Boog: | Until then, I ain't goin' down without a fight! |
Boog: | We ain't doin' no show. |
Boog: | [Exasperated sigh] |
Earl Montgomery: | Your partner got killed. You lost your job. You went to jail. Your girlfriend walked. You got a job as a security guard at a hundred and eighty-two dollars a week. You know what you are, Hank? You're a black man. |
Malcolm Turner: | You better get that nasty-ass tongue back in your mouth before I rip it out! |
Ben: | Yes, ma'am! My mouth is closed! But these hands is open for business. |
Malcolm Turner: | Trent's so smart. Trent's so cute. Trent knows Karate. |
Trent: | I know a little bit. |
Malcolm Turner: | I done seen a lot of scary shit in my day. But damn, that was a lot of ass! |
Boog: | Elliot, let the nice people enjoy the show. |
Boog: | All right, he's gone. Now get out. |
Gordy: | Beth, you're not his mother. |
Park Ranger Beth: | I'm not mothering him! |
Boog: | [Taps on the window and smiles while waving at Beth] |
Park Ranger Beth: | Excuse me. [Yelling] Go to bed, Boog! |
Park Ranger Beth: | Excuse me. [yelling] Go to bed, Boog! |
Boog: | [Gets startled and throws up on the window] |
Boog: | [gets startled and throws up on the window] |
Boog: | I can't snap. |
Boog: | [Upon spotting one of the big trees in the Timberline National Forest] Hmm. Alright. [Cracks his knuckles] I can do this! Ha ha ha ha. No problem. |
Boog: | [upon spotting one of the big trees in the Timberline National Forest] Hmm. Alright. [cracks his knuckles] I can do this! Ha ha ha ha. No problem. |
Malcolm / Big Momma: | And keep a lookout! You never know when Big Momma might be back! |
Det. Marcus Burnett: | Shit just got real. |
Marcus Burnett: | Look at all this this is shit! Liquid shit! |
Boog: | All right. I can do this! |
Boog: | [Seeing a flower right in front of him in the forest] Pretty. |
Boog: | Get out of here! |
Elliot: | Hey, I took you out of the garage. You should thank me. |
Boog: | Thank you?! |
Elliot: | You're welcome. |
Boog: | [To McSquizzy] We're gonna need your nuts. |
Elliot: | And your acorns too! |
Elliot: | I get it. You're like a pet. |
Boog: | I'm nobody's pet. |
Elliot: | [Holds up Boog's bowl] Right. |
Boog: | [Holding Elliot over a cliff] Take a good look around, Elliot. What's missing? |
Elliot: | Wait. Don't tell me. I know this one... |
Boog: | TIMBERLINE IS MISSING! |
Elliot: | Oh, I was just going to say that. |
Boog: | [Realises he is in the Timberline forest] Where's home? It's gone! Somebody stole it! |
Boog: | Give it up for Boog! |
Elliot: | Ian's right. I'm a loser. |
Boog: | No, you're not a loser. |
Elliot: | Yes I am! |
Boog: | No you're not! |
Elliot: | Yes! |
Boog: | No! |
Elliot: | Trust me! You know the day I met you Ian kicked me out of the herd, I lost my antler, I got run over, and tied to the hood of a truck, what do you call that? |
Boog: | Uhh... a loser. But check this out. Behold, the Mighty Grizzly! I look like a bear, I talk like a bear, but I can't fish, I can't climb a tree, I can't even go in the woods. |
Elliot: | That's nothing! Half doe, half buck! I'm a duck! |
Jamal Walker: | Punks jump up to get beat down. |
Miles Logan: | Its like leaving candy around me, its not gonna be alright I'm gonna (chomping teeth) chomp it up! |
Miles Logan: | Its like leaving candy around me, its not gonna be alright I'm gonna [chomping teeth] chomp it up! |
Boog: | [After hitting Shaw with a golf club] Ha ha ha! Oh yeah! Don't mess with the Boogster. |
Boog: | [after hitting Shaw with a golf club] Ha ha ha! Oh yeah! Don't mess with the Boogster. |
Boog: | Naw, naw, cornflake. You got it all twisted. This here is my home. |
Elliot: | Sweet! |
Boog: | Now haul your butt back out that window. [Points] |
Boog: | Now haul your butt back out that window. [points] |
Gordy: | Freeze. |
Boog: | [Drunk on sugar] Behold... the Mighty... Grizzly. Good night. [Passes out] |
Boog: | [drunk on sugar] Behold... the Mighty... Grizzly. Good night. [passes out] |
Boog: | I do what I want, when I want, and I come and go as I please! |
Elliot: | Well, then let's go! |
Boog: | Uh... outside? |
Boog: | I'm warnin' you. I got 10 claws and I ain't afraid of you. |
Det. Marcus Burnett: | That's that bullshit. |
Boog: | [To Elliot] Now haul your butt back out that window. |
Elliot: | What's a Shaw? |
Boog: | Only the nastiest hunter in town. |
Elliot: | Guys, it's not his fault. |
Boog: | Oh, you're right, Elliot. It's your fault. |
Elliot: | My fault? |
Boog: | Yeah. If it weren't for you, I'd be home right now. None of this would've ever happened. You said you knew the way back, but you lied. |
Elliot: | I-- no. ...Okay. Okay, maybe-- I thought if you hung out with me, then maybe you would like me. |
Boog: | Oh, man! I-- I trusted you, Elliot. |
Elliot: | I'm sorry, Boog. I-- we're still partners, right? |
Boog: | You know, Elliot, I'm better off alone. |
Boog: | Stupid nature. |
Elliot: | Want a Fishy Cracker? |
Boog: | Uh, no. Uh, I'll eat when I get home. |
Boog: | [Before passing out when tranquilized by Beth] Buttermilk biscuits... |
Boog: | [Choking Elliot and hitting his head on the ground, who keeps saying "ow"] You're-ruining-my-show! |
Boog: | [Choking Elliot and hitting his head on the ground, who keeps saying 'ow'] You're-ruining-my-show! |
Boog: | Out of the coat. |
Elliot: | No. |
Boog: | Take it off. |
Elliot: | No! |
Boog: | Take off the coat. |
Elliot: | No means no! |
Boog: | It's a whole Woo Hoo village. |
Boog: | [Singing his own version of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic"] If you go out in the woods today, there's gonna-- [hiccups] Be some fries [laughs] |
Boog: | [Singing his own version of 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic'] If you go out in the woods today, there's gonna-- [hiccups] Be some fries [laughs] |
Boog: | [Waiting for Beth in the jeep] Where is that girl? |
McSquizzy: | Try it again, I'll be kickin' your furry brown bahookie! [slaps his butt at Boog] |
Boog: | What?! But this is a different tree! |
McSquizzy: | They're ALL my trees! |
Boog: | The Woo Hoo bar. She's my lady. Smooth and creamy. So bad I shouldn't. Yet I will. |
Boog: | [After waking up face-to-face with a flower in the Timberline National Forest] Ooh, pretty. |
Boog: | We've been walkin' around in circles? |
Elliot: | Cir-cle. One time around. |
Elliot: | Trust me, you know the day I met you Ian kicked me out of the herd, I lost my antler, I got run over, and tied to the hood of a truck, what do you call that? |
Boog: | Ahh... a loser! But check this out. Behold, the Mighty Grizzly! I look like a bear, I talk like a bear, but I can't fish, I can't climb a tree, I can't even go in the woods! |
Elliot: | That's nothin'! Half doe, half buck! I'm a duck! |
Boog: | I ride a unicycle for crackers. |
Elliot: | I have a glass eye. |
Boog: | I can't snap. |
Elliot: | I thought log was a color. |
Boog: | I can't see my feet! |
Elliot: | I killed a man! [he and Boog both laugh] |
Boog: | [sees Dinkleman in his garage] Hey! What are you lookin' at? I told you not to wait up! |
Boog: | When I'm a bear rug, they can walk all over me. Until then, I ain't goin' down without a fight! |
Boog: | [to McSquizzy and the Furry Tail Clan] That's it! You're askin' for a whoopin'! |
Boog: | This is my home. |
Boog: | [smelling Elliot, who is strapped to Shaw's truck and appears dead] Whew! That's nasty! |
Boog: | [during the fight with the hunters] Gas mask. |
Reilly: | Got it. |
Boog: | All right. Time to run these guys back to town. |
Boog: | [Elliot has hit Shaw with a pillow] A pillow?! Come on! |
Boog: | Boog is sorry. |
Boog: | [losing Dinkleman in the water] DINKLEMAN! |
Boog: | [to Elliot] Shut the-- shut the-- I'm gonna kill you! |
Boog: | [to Elliot] Shut the - shut the. I'm gonna kill you! |
Boog: | [sees a mad Beth in Gordy's police car] Uh-oh! Back up quick, before she sees me! |
Park Ranger Beth: | You're in big trouble, mister! |
Boog: | Shush! |
Boog: | Yeah. And the giraffes taste almost exactly like the elephants. That's messed up. |
Boog: | Oh, no. I never hold a grudge. I just let it go. |
Boog: | [drunk on chocolate] Behold... the Mighty... Grizzly. Good night. [faints] |
Boog: | [drunk on chocolate] Behold... the mighty... Grizzly. Good night. [faints] |
Boog: | Alright! Show me your "Grr" face! |
Boog: | Alright! Show me your 'Grr' face! |
Boog: | No denyin'. That girl's got growl. But can she get down like this? |
Boog: | [during a rabbit fight] Oh yeah? Well, eat rabbit! |