Lilies of the Field (1963)

Sidney Poitier: Homer Smith

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Quotes 

• Homer Smith : Gringo? I don't know if that's a step up or a step down from some other things I've been called.

• Mother Maria : [the morning after a fiesta]  Well, you are awake?

  Homer Smith : Yeah, I guess so.

  Mother Maria : Good.

  [throws a cup of cold water in his face] 

  Homer Smith : Why'd you go and do that?

  Mother Maria : The women last night, they say that is the only thing when a man has been mixing wine with tequila!

  [walks away] 

  Homer Smith : I'm gonna mix you with tequila!

• Mother Maria : We build a shapel.

  Homer Smith : It's very nice. What's a "shapel"?

  Mother Maria : [starts in German]  Eine kleine Kirche. A cha-pel. We build a chapel right here.

  Homer Smith : Who's "we"?

  Mother Maria : You.

  Homer Smith : [wants no part of that project]  Lots of luck. I ain't gonna build you no chapel.

• Homer Smith : [the final English lesson]  Oh, *I* built a chapel...

  All of the sisters : *I* built a chapel.

  Homer Smith : *You* built a chapel...

  All of the sisters : *You* built a chapel.

  Homer Smith : *We" built a chapel...

  Mother Maria : [points to heaven]  *He* built a chapel.

  Homer Smith : [pause, then]  Amen.

• Mother Maria : [ringing the dinner bell]  Schmidt! Schmidt!

  Homer Smith : Old Mother gonna feed the slaves?

• Homer Smith : [one of the nuns has just given Homer his breakfast; one fried egg and a half cup of milk]  That's a Catholic breakfast, ain't it?

  Homer Smith : [Homer, still hungry, starts to leave to go to a diner. The nun asks him where he is going]  I'm gonna go feed my Baptist stomach.

• [Splashing himself with water outside] 

  Homer Smith : Oh! Why couldn't they have asked me to build a bathtub? With nice, *hot* water?

• Man donating chandelier : Senor...

  Homer Smith : [turns to see a Mexican couple with a beautiful chandelier]  Yes? Oh my. Well, we're going to have to find someplace special for this. Thank you.

  Homer Smith : [wife takes his hand in gratitude]  Well, take this to Mother Maria.

  [turns to Ashton] 

  Homer Smith : Everybody wants to give.

• Homer Smith : [as Mother Maria makes the sign of the cross in front of him]  Cut that out!

• Juan : And now you have the big breakfast, eh? What'll be?

  Homer Smith : A coke!