Kim Fields: Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey

Quotes 

• Natalie Green : ...Deep down she knew she was somebody... she knew she was...

  [Looks at what Tootie has written as her name] 

  Natalie Green : ... Coco Chanel?

  Tootie Ramsey : I thought a stage name would make me sound more professional.

  Natalie Green : Tootie, that name doesn't make you professional, it makes you French and dead.

• Tootie Ramsey : [trying to come up with another stage name]  Ginger Curry...

  Natalie Green : Good, Tootie, when in doubt, name yourself after a spice rack.

• Tootie Ramsey : My name isn't even Ginger. It's Tootie.

  Cinnamon : [pitying look]  No wonder you changed it.

• Cinnamon : Hiya. Can I borrow your pen for a sec? I had a pencil, but when I get nervous, I start to chew things, and I never auditioned for a Broadway play before, so I started to chew my pencil, and the more nervous I got, I just kept chewing and chewing, and I think I ate it.

  Tootie Ramsey : You ate your pencil?

  Cinnamon : Well, you shouldn't eat pencils, you could get lead poisoning and die.

  Natalie Green : Give her a pen.

  Tootie Ramsey : Here. Bon appetit.

  Cinnamon : [accepts]  Oh, my name is Helen. But I was thinking about changing it to... Cinnamon.

  Natalie Green : Cinnamon? No kidding! Well,

  [introduces Tootie by her freshly-chosen stage name:] 

  Natalie Green : this is Ginger Curry and I'm Ground Cloves.

  Cinnamon : Ooh, it is nice to meet you! What number are you?

  Tootie Ramsey : Three hundred and sixteen.

  Cinnamon : Oh, that's a nice number. I'm three-fourteen.

  Tootie Ramsey : That's a nice number, too.

• Natalie Green : [re Cinnamon's singing ability]  Is she good?

  Tootie Ramsey : Natalie, your good is good. Christmas is good. This girl is phenomenal!