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James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Denise Nicholas, and Tracy Reed in A Piece of the Action (1977)

Bill Cosby: Dave Anderson

A Piece of the Action

Bill Cosby credited as playing...

Dave Anderson

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Quotes2

  • Dancer in the Disco: David Anderson, you haven't danced with me all night. Now, if you don't dance with me, I'm a gonna holler "Rape"!
  • Dave Anderson: Is that a request?
  • Dancer in the Disco: What, the rape or the dance?
  • Dave Anderson: Don't make no never mind to me.
  • Dave Anderson: Did you ever hear of the Quantum Theory?
  • Lila French: Physics wasn't my best subject.
  • Dave Anderson: It's not physics, it's a discotheque.
  • Lila French: A discotheque?
  • Dave Anderson: Yes, a discotheque. You know, like you do the funky chicken, the funky rhinoceros, the...
  • Lila French: Yes, I know, I know, I know.
  • Dave Anderson: You do?
  • Lila French: You think I'm an old spinster, dedicating her life to good works and no fun at all. Is that what you think?
  • Dave Anderson: I didn't say that you was old.
  • Lila French: Well, you're wrong.
  • Dave Anderson: You are old?
  • Lila French: No, the other.
  • Dave Anderson: I'm sorry. I was wrong.
  • Dave Anderson: We'll go to dinner tonight and then we'll go to the Quantum Theory.
  • Lila French: No!
  • Dave Anderson: What is it that you have against me? I'm rich, I'm "suave-y", and I have a clean navel; I'm full-blooded - I bought it from a veteran!
  • Lila French: [laughing] Oh, David! You're impossible!
  • Lila French: Uh-uh. You just have to get to know me.
  • Lila French: Maybe I better.

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