Moonlight (2016) quotes

Director
Barry Jenkins.

Cast
Mahershala Ali.
Naomie Harris.
Trevante Rhodes.

A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Let me tell you something, man. There are black people everywhere. You remember that, okay? No place you can go in the world ain’t got no black people, we was the first on this planet.
– Juan
I’ve been here a long time. I’m from Cuba. Lotta black folks in Cuba. You wouldn’t know that from being here, though. I was a wild little shorty, man. Just like you. Running around with no shoes on, when the moon was out. This one time, I ran by this old… this old lady. I was runnin’ and hollerin’, and cuttin’ a fool, boy. This old lady, she stopped me. She said…
– Juan
“Runnin’ around, catching up all that light. In moonlight, black boys look blue. You blue, that’s what I’m gon’ call you. ‘Blue’.”
– Juan
So your name ‘Blue’?
– Little
Nah.
– Juan
At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.
– Juan

I ain’t see you in like, a decade… It’s not what I expected.
– Kevin
What did you expect?
– Chiron

So you’re Cuban now?
– Black
Only in the kitchen, Papi.
– Kevin

Ok. Let your head rest in my hand. Relax. I got you. I promise. I won’t let you go. Hey man. I got you. There you go. Ten Seconds. Right there. You in the middle of the world.
– Juan

You’re my only. I’m your only.
– Paula

You live with your mama?
– Teresa
Yes.
– Little

What’s a faggot?
– Little
A faggot is… a word used to make gay people feel bad.
– Juan
Am I a faggot?
– Little
No. You’re not a faggot. You can be gay, but you don’t have to let nobody call you a faggot.
– Juan

At some point you’ve got to decide who wanna be.
– Juan
Can’t let nobody make that decision for you.
– Juan

You the only man that’s ever touched me.
– Black
You’re the only one.
– Black
I haven’t really touched anyone since.
– Black

Hey, these grandma rules, man. You know the deal. Your ass eat, your ass speak.
– Kevin

I wasn’t never worth shit. Never did anything I actually wanted to do, was all I could do to do what other folks thought I should do. I wasn’t never myself.
– Kevin

Yeah. We here, Chiron.
– Kevin

It is what it is.
– Black

I saw your mama last night.
– Juan
I hate her.
– Little
I bet you do.
– Juan
Hated mine too.
– Juan
Miss her like hell now. All I’m gonna say about that.
– Juan

I got you a promise. Never let you go.
– Juan

My name is Chiron, people call me little.
– Little

DON’T LOOK AT ME!
– Paula

You ain’t got to love me, but you gonna know that I love you.
– Paula

Business good?
– Juan
Business good. Everybody cleaned out, it’s in the cut if you want it.
– Terrence