:06:06
-You did, did you?
-You'll be on safari, l suppose.
:06:11
You're welcome to come along
with us if you'd like, Ralph.
:06:15
No Hollywood safaris for me.
:06:24
That word has crept into the conversation
quite a few times, hasn't it?
:06:30
-Which word is that, sir?
-Hollywood.
:06:34
l realize it's the name of a place, but
the way you say it has an added meaning.
:06:40
Like an insult.
:06:42
-Well, l didn't mean it like that.
-Don't contradict me, Ralph.
:06:45
l've heard it all before.
:06:48
ln the Army, in New York...
:06:49
...in the theater.
Hell, l've heard it everywhere.
:06:53
People say Hollywood
when they want to insult you.
:06:57
Well, really Hollywood is just a place
where they make a profit.
:07:01
lt's a factory town like Detroit
or Birmingham or Schaffhausen.
:07:07
Because the cheap element of the town
has been so overly advertised...
:07:11
...it becomes an insult to remind
a man he's from there.
:07:16
They're not talking about the people
who work there...
:07:19
...and that try to do
something worthwhile.
:07:21
They're talking about the whores
when they mention Hollywood.
:07:25
You know what that word means,
don't you, Ralph?
:07:29
-Sure.
-Sure.
:07:33
Whores have to sell the one thing that
shouldn't be for sale in the world.
:07:37
And that's love.
:07:39
Of course, there are other kinds of whores
than the floozies you frequent, Ralph.
:07:44
There are whores who sell words
and ideas and melodies.
:07:50
l know what l'm talking about because
l've done a little hustling in my time.
:07:55
A hell of a lot more
than l'd like to admit to.
:07:59
And what l sold when l was whoring
l'll never get back.