Living the Life (2000)

Katrina Gibson: Kata

Quotes 

• Kata : Together, Ana and I, are not afraid of anything. Our homies think we're locos for the things we do. We're living the life.

• Kata : Pocho's the leader of Ninth Street, he thinks he's the baddest cholo in L.A county. He always tries to act all hard. Some girls think this makes him more of a man but I know Pocho's real story.

  Pocho : I heard what you done tonight. You're getting a big reputation. You and Kata. Maybe one day you'll be as big as me.

  Kata : Maybe we already are.

• Ana : I had some stuff I had to handle on my own.

  Kata : Own your own? By yourself?

• Kata : You said you loved Ana and now you're going after her sister! You didn't love Ana.

  Pocho : I loved her!

  Kata : Stay away from Amelia or I'll...

  Pocho : You'll what bitch?

  Kata : I'll tell everyone about your mother.

  Pocho : If Amelia wants me, I'll take her.

  Kata : You wonder why Ana hated you.

• Kata : Dying, that's the one thing we do right.

• Pilar : I had so many dreams Kata.

  Kata : So did I

• Kikicho : Love me yet?

  Kata : Maybe.

  Kikicho : I know my legs don't work so good, but the rest of me... works just fine. Let me show you.

• Pilar : Kata I'm your mother ...

  Kata : [yelling]  It's too late to be a mother to me know I've been alone too damn long!

• Kata : My grandfather was a shaman, a curandero with big magic. Then we moved to L.A and my family went from being near gods to just cholos.

• Kikicho : [after telling Kata he won't get her pregnant]  You always told me you were running from that kind of life. You wanted something better.

  Kata : I changed my mind. I'll be different than my mother I'll be better, I promise.

  Kikicho : I'm getting out Kata. I'm going to be one of those gang-prevention guys that talk in schools. Homies don't listen to anyone but homies, so maybe they'll listen to me. Maggie's doing it with me.

  Kata : Maggie? You and her?

  [gets off his lap] 

  Kata : And I came here like some fool chavala asking you to get me pregnant. How did this happen?

  Kikicho : We started talking, the day you left me at the field.

  Kata : [after a pause]  Maggie's good.

• Ana : [as she and Kata taunt an old woman]  You can't catch what we got, no one can. You got to be born with it!

  Kata : We know what we're doing, revealing our bodies. I'd rather tease than please. No boy is going to own me.

• Kikicho : There's life after the gang Kata.

  Kata : There's nothing but Ninth Street.

  Kikicho : There's you and me.

  Kata : Its por vida.

• Pocho : [to the girl taking the easy way in]  You made the right choice linda.

  Kata : [to Pocho]  It's low what you're gonna do to her.

  Pocho : It's her choice.

  Kata : [to the girl]  You think these guys will be your friends, that they'll protect you? You do this now and sex is all they'll ever want from you! Don't do it.

  Pocho : [to the girl]  We'll protect you fine.

  [to Kata] 

  Pocho : Don't disrespect your brother.

  Kata : You're not my brother.

• Ana : I'm pregnant.

  Kata : You let Pocho own you!

• Kata : Did Kikicho call?

  Pilar : I told him you already left.

  Kata : El es mi todo, and you lie to him?

  Pilar : A man isn't the answer Kata.

  Kata : Funny coming from you.

• Kata : Are you looking at me?

• Kata : You knew Raul wasn't the guy that capped Ana.

  Pocho : I knew. But Ana, she never let me touch her and then she goes off with some other guy, from another neighbourhood! I wanted to kill him when I found out.

  Kata : Then you should have shot him yourself you shouldn't have used me.

  Pocho : I know. But if I did it, everyone would know that he had been with Ana and I was jealous. If you did, people would think he killed her. I wanted the secret to die with him.

• Kata : We're party girls, you and me.

• Ana : [yelling]  How long is forever?

  Kata : [anguish]  As long as it lasts you KNOW that!

• Kata : Every night, I see more descansos by my house. My neighbourhood's a war zone. We fight over everything, even crumbling cement streets that don't even belong to us. The mothers make a human wall between the neighbourhoods, trying to stop the killings. My mother wasn't one of them.

• Rosa : [Rosa has chosen a garish dress for Ana]  Doesn't she look pretty Kata?

  Kata : Yeah, you picked a good dress for Ana.

  Ana : [shoots Kata a dirty look] 

  Rosa : Kata, don't you see a dress you'd like to wear for Ana's party?

  Kata : [stops smiling] 

  [shakes head "no"] 

  Ana : [smiles]  Pick one for her mami