Just once, do you think I could use the bathroom by myself?
Coming to America (1988)
AKEEM
A screenplay character in Coming to America (1988).
- lines
- 241
- words
- 1,876
- scenes
- 47
- dialogue
- 18%
- avg words / line
- 8
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 40
source review flagged 3 dialogue lines
Sample dialogue
I'm 21 years old and I've never so much as raised a fork to my mouth. Just once I'd like to cook for myself, clean for myself, wipe my own backside. And why can't I pick a wife for myself?
scene 6 — INT. HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATERWell, father .•.
scene 6 — INT. HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATERAmerica is great indeed. Imagine a country so free one can throw glass on the street.
scene 24 — -.......I can be loose.
scene 52 — EXT. THE BACKYARD - MINUTES LATERYou are too kind.
scene 60 — INT. AKEEM AND SEMMI'S APARTMENT - DAY
Bookends
If you want, I'll give it up right now.