Cotton: I need my outsides to match my insides.
Carlotta: But why would you pay someone to mutilate what God gave you?
Cotton: God gave me me, Mama. And it's not mutilation.

I'm a black man in America. I gotta keep my head down, my mouth shut and my hands in my pockets just to make it home alive.

Derek

Jahil: Star, this guy's a buddy of mine, so no shenanigans.
Star: Fresh out of shenanigans.

Let me tell you something. Star way too complicated for a guy like you. I see you with a more agreeable, Asian-type girl.

Miss Bruce [to Hunter]

We could be like those real life stories, you know? The ones that inspire people. We're gonna be on Good Morning America when we're famous.

Simone [to Star]

Admin: Any history of psychiatric problems?
Carlotta: I don't think so, no.
Admin: You don't think so?
Carlotta: She's a teenager, they all crazy.

You''re a bad liar. And that's disturbing, because you're a manager. And part of being a good manager is being a good liar.

Star [to Jahil]

Star Season 1 Episode 3 Quotes

I'm a black man in America. I gotta keep my head down, my mouth shut and my hands in my pockets just to make it home alive.

Derek

Cotton: I need my outsides to match my insides.
Carlotta: But why would you pay someone to mutilate what God gave you?
Cotton: God gave me me, Mama. And it's not mutilation.