The Get Down

“Got a bunch of crabs in a barrel, one’s trying to climb out. All the other crabs just claw him until he goes right back down again.”

— Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, Jimmy Smits, imdb.com

“If making something of myself means losing myself, then what am I making?”

— Nelson George, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“You tell the mayor he has a very simple choice. Lose the election, or fund my vision.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann, Jacqui Rivera, Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, Jimmy Smits, imdb.com

“If you wanna be a true DJ, conquer your street. Conquer your park. Conquer your neighborhood, conquer your borough. Conquer your city. And the world is yours. So, battle.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Grandmaster Flash, Mamoudou Athie, imdb.com

“When I get up on stage and say what I gotta say, I know who I am, and right now y’all are pushing me to be who you want me to be and nobody’s asking what I wanna be.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“I’m gonna knock you to Sunday, wait for you on Tuesday.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Andrew Bernstein, Jacqui Rivera, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“The young people aren’t the problem. We’re the solution.”

— Sam Bromell, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“Manhattan, Bronx, disco, the get down, moving up, moving out. We made it this far. Just keep loving me and I promise it’s gonna all be all right. ‘Cause all we gotta do is love each other, right?”

— Sam Bromell, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“Players always get played at the end.”

— T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Shaolin Fantastic, Shameik Moore, imdb.com

“Nigga got wings, a nigga gotta fly, right?”

— Jacqui Rivera, Sinead Daly, Sam Bromell, Shaolin Fantastic, Shameik Moore, imdb.com

“I wanna be your man, Mylene. I know you like me. And I like you so much, I can’t hardly breathe. I like you so much, I feel like I got thunder and lightning inside of me. You make me nervous. But you also make me calm. Real calm. Calm almost like how God must be calm, you know, Mylene? Calm from lov…”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann, Jacqui Rivera, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“I ain’t no hard rock like you, but when it comes to my girl, I’m all heart. I’m do or die. So, kill me all you want to. Stab your hate into my love. You might kill me, but you’ll never beat me. ‘Cause I got love, and you’ll probably never even know what that is.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann, Jacqui Rivera, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“I’m always happy, Stan. Sadness is for suckers.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann, Jacqui Rivera, Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz, Jimmy Smits, imdb.com

“You truly are as fine as wine, and so divine. You know I had to make you mine, no matter the time. So, I scaled that mountaintop to get that record dropped, just to see the clouds part, as your pretty lips did the same, hoping, one day, they’d utter my name.”

— Jacqui Rivera, Baz Luhrmann, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com

“This ain’t Disneyland, this shit is the fucking Bronx. Either you be strong, or you be gone. All I find, all I keep. Either you beat the world, or you get beat.”

— Sam Bromell, Sinead Daly, Jacqui Rivera, Shaolin Fantastic, Shameik Moore, imdb.com

“You truly are as fine as wine, and so divine. You know I had to make you mine, no matter the time. So, I scaled that mountaintop to get that record dropped, just to see the clouds part, as your pretty lips did the same, hoping, one day, they’d utter my name.”

— Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann, Ezekiel Figuero, Justice Smith, imdb.com