Big Fish
prev.
play.
mark.
next.

1:15:01
They were hauling it down to Texas
for drinking water.

1:15:05
They didn't count on there being
an elephant frozen inside.

1:15:09
-The woolly kind. A mammoth.
-Dad!

1:15:12
What?
1:15:15
l'm trying to make a metaphor here.
1:15:18
Well, you shouldn't have started
with a question...

1:15:21
...because people
want to answer questions.

1:15:23
You should've started with,
''The thing about icebergs is....''

1:15:26
Okay, okay. The thing about
icebergs is you only see 1 0 percent.

1:15:30
The other 90 percent is below
the water where you can't see it.

1:15:33
And that's...
1:15:35
...what it is with you, Dad.
1:15:38
l am only seeing this little bit...
1:15:41
...that sticks above the water.
1:15:43
Oh, you're only seeing down
to my nose? My chin? My--

1:15:46
Dad, l have no idea who you are...
1:15:49
...because you've never told me
a single fact.

1:15:52
l've told you a thousand facts, Will.
That's what l do, l tell stories!

1:15:57
You tell...lies, Dad.
1:16:00
You tell amusing lies.
1:16:01
Stories are what you tell
a 5-year-old at bedtime.

1:16:05
They're not elaborate mythologies
that you maintain...

1:16:08
...when your son is 1 0 and 1 5
and 20 and 30.

1:16:10
And l believed you.
1:16:14
l believed your stories
so much longer than l should have.

1:16:18
Then when l realized
everything you said was impossible...

1:16:21
...l felt like a fool
to have trusted you.

1:16:23
You're like Santa Claus
and the Easter Bunny.

1:16:25
Just as charming and just as fake.
1:16:27
You think l'm fake.
1:16:31
Only on the surface, Dad.
But it's all l've ever seen.

1:16:37
Look.
1:16:40
l'm about to have...
1:16:43
...a kid of my own.
1:16:44
lt would kill me
if he went through his whole life...

1:16:47
...never understanding me.
1:16:49
lt would kill you, huh?
1:16:53
What do you want, Will?
Who do you want me to be?

1:16:57
Just yourself.
1:16:58
Good, bad, everything.
Just show me who you are for once.


prev.
next.