:54:01
- How did you come up
with such divine changes?
- They're not really mine--
:54:06
- Oh, no? Whose are they, God's?
- [ Laughing ]
:54:10
- Well, they are mine
in the sense that they're mine--
- Your modesty becomes you.
:54:13
But let's face it;
you are a major talent.
:54:16
A major new voice
in the theater.
:54:18
The word genius gets thrown around
so frequently in this business...
:54:21
- but, darling, if the shoe fits--
- Congratulations.
:54:24
- It finally has balls.
- Now, if we can do something
about Act Ill...
:54:28
we got a big, fat hit
on our hands.
:54:30
- [ Warner ] Three cheers
for the writer! Hip-hip--
- [ Cast ] Hooray!
:54:34
[ David ] I stayed up all night
working on the third act.
:54:37
I admit it came rather hard...
:54:39
and before I handed in the pages,
I sent them over to Cheech to read.
:54:43
He suggested I come down
to his office.
:54:50
- You missed the idea.
- I did?
:54:52
Yeah, you did.
Plus, nobody talks like that.
:54:55
- You got that problem.
You don't write like people talk.
- I take poetic license.
:54:58
Poetic license, bullshit.
People believe what they see
when the actors sound real.
:55:03
- Come here. Let me show you.
- What are you doing?
:55:06
- What does it look like I'm doin'?
- You're gonna write it?
:55:08
What am l? A fuckin' idiot?
They taught me how to write in
school before I burned it down.
:55:12
- You burned down your school?
- Yeah, it was Lincoln's birthday.
There was nobody there.
:55:17
- If you actually write--
- Look, I know how people talk,
all right?
:55:20
Go shoot a rack,
and let me do this.
:55:22
But if you actually write it,
then I'm not--
:55:25
- Don't worry about it.
I ain't gonna tell anybody.
- No?
:55:27
No. I saw you playin' the big shot.
I know what it's all about.
:55:30
Where I come from,
nobody squeals.
:55:38
Go shoot a rack.
:55:41
Stop starin' at me.
:55:43
[ Helen ] What dialogue!
This is better than O'Neill!
:55:47
Max Anderson
will never touch you!
:55:49
So you liked it.
:55:51
It's so full of passion!
It's so full of life!
:55:55
- I hoped it would lift the story.
- What a difference between this
and your first draft.
:55:59
You hadn't found yourself yet. The idea
was there, but it hadn't crystallized.