 Antwon Fisher wrote the story line for ATL and for Antwon Fisher,  his autobiographical movie. In both movies, the main characters say  the phrase, "I can eat." Antwon Fisher says it twice: once with  Denzel and again with his girlfriend. When he says the phrase to his  girlfriend, he chuckles because he remembers saying it to Denzel. In  ATL, Jackie Longs character, Esquire, says the same line to John  Garnett.