Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Levi Stubbs: Audrey II
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Quotes
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Audrey II : Feed me!
Seymour : Does it have to be human?
Audrey II : Feed me!
Seymour : Does it have to be mine?
Audrey II : Feeeed me!
Seymour : Where am I supposed to get it?
Audrey II : [singing] Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long - That's right, boy! - You can do it! Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long / Ha ha ha ha ha! / Cause if you feed me, Seymour / I can grow up big and strong.
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Audrey II : Does this look "inanimate" to you, punk? If I can move and I can talk, who's to say I can't do anything I want?
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Seymour : Every household in America? Thousands of you eating... that's what you had in mind all along, isn't it?
Audrey II : No shit, Sherlock.
Seymour : We're not talking about one hungry plant here, we're talking about world conquest.
Audrey II : And I want to thank you.
Seymour : You're not gonna get away with this. Your kind never does!
Audrey II : [laughs wildly at Seymour]
Seymour : I don't care what it takes. Only one of us gets out of here alive!
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Seymour : Wait a minute, Audrey II, that's not a very nice thing to say!
Audrey II : But it's true, isn't it?
Seymour : No! I don't know anybody who deserves to get chopped up and fed to a hungry plant!
Audrey II : Mmmmmm, sure you do!
[Turns Seymour around to look out the window. They see Orin and Audrey. Orin yells at Audrey and at last hits her]
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[her last lines, theatrical cut]
Audrey II : Oh, shit!
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Audrey II : [singing] I'm just a mean green mother from outer space and I'm bad!
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Audrey II : [singing] you know the kind'a eats, the kind'a red HOT sweets, the kind'a sticky licky treats I crave!
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Audrey II : [singing] If you wanna be profound, if you really gotta justify, take a breath and look around, a lot of folks deserve to die!
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Audrey II : [Seymour quietly tries to sneak out of the shop with suitcases while the plant is asleep. As he slowly opens the door...] Feed me.
Seymour : Under NO circumstances.
Audrey II : FEED me.
Seymour : [annoyed] I will not, so stop asking.
Audrey II : Feed me!
Seymour : [puts down suitcase] No! No more! I can't keep living with the guilt
Audrey II : [coldly] Tough titty.
Seymour : You watch your language.
Audrey II : [stands up to full height] Ooooh, cut the crap! Bring on the meat!
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[repeated line]
Audrey II : Feed me, Seymour!
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Audrey II : [singing] I got killer buds / A power stem / Nasty pods / And I'm using them! / So better move 'em out / Nature calls / You got my pun? / I'm gonna bust your balls!
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Mr. Mushnik : [after Seymour asks why Mushnik is angry at him] Little red dots all over the linoleum, little red spots on the concrete outside - I'm talking blood, Krelborn! I'm talking under my own roof!
[grabs an axe]
Mr. Mushnik : An axe murderer!
[Seymour goes alarmed]
Audrey II : [sings off-screen] He's got your number now.
Mr. Mushnik : I saw everything!
Audrey II : He knows just what you've done.
Mr. Mushnik : Everything you did to her boyfriend!
Audrey II : You've got no place to hide.
Mr. Mushnik : [swings the axe] I saw you chopping him!
Audrey II : You've got nowhere to run.
Seymour : [innocently] It's true! I chopped him up, but I didn't kill him!
Audrey II : He knows your life of crime.
Mr. Mushnik : [points a gun at him] Tell it to the police!
Audrey II : I think it's suppertime!
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Audrey II : I need me some water in the worst way. Look at my branches. I'm dryin' up. I'm a *goner*, honey!
Audrey II : [singing] Come on and give me a drink!
Audrey : I don't know if I should.
Audrey II : [singing] Hey, little lady, be nice.
Audrey : Do you talk to Seymour like this?
Audrey II : [singing] Sure do. I'll take it straight.
Audrey : Your leaves *are* dry.
Audrey II : [singing] Don't need no glass or no ice.
Audrey : I'll get the can.
Audrey II : [singing] Don't need no twist of lime...
Audrey : [sing-song] Here we go!
Audrey II : And now it's *suppertime*!
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[director's cut]
Seymour : 'Every household in America'! That's what you had in mind, isn't it?
Audrey II : No shit, Sherlock!
Seymour : We're not talking about one hungry plant here; we're talking about world conquest!
Audrey II : And I wanna thank you!
Seymour : [distraught] You ate the only thing I ever loved!
[Audrey II laughs at him]
Seymour : You're a monster, and so am I! It's gotta end! It's gotta stop right here!
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Audrey II : [threatening Seymour] Better wait a minute Ya better hold the phone Better mind your manners Better change your tone Don't you threaten me, son Ya gotta lot of gall We gonna do things my way Or we won't do things at all
[singing]
Audrey II : Ya don't know what you're messin' with. You got no idea You don't know what you're lookin' at When you're lookin' here Ya don't know what you're up against, No, no way, no how You don't know what you're messin' with, But I'm gonna tell you now! Get this straight! I'm just a mean green mother from outer space and I'm bad I'm just a mean green mother from outer space And it looks like you been had I'm just a mean green mother from outer space, So get off my back 'n get out my face, 'Cause I'm mean and green and I am bad Wanna save your skin, boy? You wanna save your hide? You wanna see tomorrow? You better step aside Better take a tip, boy Want some good advice? You better take it easy, 'Cause you're walkin' on thin ice Ya don't know what you're dealin' with No, you never did Ya don't know what you're lookin' at, But that's tough titty, kid! The lion don't sleep tonight, And if you pull his tail, he roars Ya say, "That ain't fair?" Ya say, "That ain't nice?" Ya know what I say? "Up yours!" Watch me now! I'm just a mean green mother from outer space and I'm bad. I'm just a mean green mother, a real disgrace, And you've got me fightin' mad I'm just a mean green mother from outer space, Gonna trash your ass, Gonna rock this place, 'Cause I'm mean and green and I am bad You know I don't come from no black lagoon I'm from past the stars and beyond the moon You can keep The Thing, keep The It, Keep The Creature, they don't mean shit I got one style, major moves I got the stuff and I think that proves You better move it out Nature calls You got the point? I'm gonna bust your balls
[laughs]
Audrey II : I'm mean and green I'm mean and green I'm mean and green And I. Am. Bad!
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Audrey II : [singing] Come on, Seymour, don't be a putz, Trust me, and your life will surely rival King Tut's, Show some initiative, work up some guts...
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Audrey II : [TV edit only]
[rapping]
Audrey II : You know I don't come from no Black Lagoon.
Pods : No!
Audrey II : I'm from past the stars and beyond the moon.
Pods : Yes!
Audrey II : You can keep The Thing.
Pods : Thing!
Audrey II : Keep The It.
Pods : It!
Audrey II : Keep The Creature, and have a fit!
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Audrey II : [singing] You know the kind of eats, And red-hot treats, The kind of sticky, licky sweets, l crave...
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Audrey II : [singing] A little nookie gonna clean up those zits...
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Audrey II : Feed me!
Seymour : I beg your pardon?
Audrey II : Feed me!
Seymour : Twoey, you talked! You opened your... .trap, your thing, and you said... .
Audrey II : Feed me, Krelborn! Feed me now!
Seymour : I can't
Audrey II : I'm starving!
Seymour : [Trying to drip blood from his finger] Oh boy, look, maybe I can squeeze a little out of this one, but... .
Audrey II : I need some food!
Seymour : I know, but you can't get food from a... .
Audrey II : More! More!
Seymour : I haven't got any more! What do you want me to do, slit my wrists?
[Audrey turns towards Seymour and does a big, expectant, open-mouthed take]
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Seymour : You're a plant, Audrey II! An inanimate object!
Audrey II : [Violently writhing its tentacles, using them to rake a chair across the floor, forcing Seymour into it] Does this look inanimate to you, punk? If I can move, and I can talk, who's to say I can't do anything I want?
Seymour : Like what?
Audrey II : Like deliver, pal! Like see your secret, greasy heart get everything it desires!
[singing]
Audrey II : Would you like a Cadillac Car/ Or a guest spot on Jack Parr/ How about a date with Hedy Lamarr?
