:10:00
I'm gonna be a screenwriter.
Like you.
:10:03
I know you think this is just
one of my "get rich quick" schemes...
:10:06
...but I'm doing it right this time.
:10:07
I'm taking a three-day seminar,
and it's only 500 bucks.
:10:11
Screenwriting seminars are bullshit.
:10:14
In theory, I agree with you.
But this one's different.
:10:17
This one's highly regarded
in the industry.
:10:19
Donald, don't say "industry."
:10:21
I'm sorry. I forgot.
:10:23
Charles, this guy knows screenwriting.
:10:26
People come from all over
to study with him.
:10:28
- I'll pay you back as soon as l...
- Let me explain something.
:10:31
Anybody who says he's got "the answer"
is going to attract desperate people...
:10:35
...be it in the world of religion...
:10:36
I just need to lie down
while you explain this to me.
:10:39
Sorry. I apologize.
:10:42
Okay, go ahead.
:10:44
- So...
- Sorry. Okay. Go.
:10:46
There are no rules, Donald.
:10:48
And anybody who says there are
is just, you know...
:10:50
Not rules. Principles.
:10:54
McKee writes that a rule says,
"You must do it this way."
:10:57
A principle says, "This works
and has through all remembered time."
:11:02
The script I'm starting,
it's about flowers.
:11:06
Nobody's ever done a movie
about flowers before.
:11:08
- So there are no guidelines.
- What about Flowers for Algernon?
:11:12
Well, that's not about flowers.
And it's not a movie.
:11:15
I'm sorry. I never saw it.
:11:17
How...? Okay, keep going.
:11:18
Look, my point is
that those teachers are dangerous...
:11:21
...if your goal is to try
to do something new.
:11:23
A writer should always have that goal.
Writing is a journey into the unknown.
:11:27
It's not building, you know,
one of your model airplanes.
:11:34
McKee is a former Fulbright Scholar,
Charles.
:11:37
Are you a former Fulbright Scholar?
:11:43
Say something. I dragged her here,
and now I'm not saying anything.
:11:46
Make her laugh.
Say something funny.
:11:49
I hate parties, Amelia.
Why did we come here?
:11:52
Because we're hip, young trendsetters
on the make, aren't we?
:11:54
More like old losers
sitting on the floor, maybe.
:11:57
Jesus, Charlie. Speak for yourself.
Okay...