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[♪ pensive music playing]

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[Linda] The showrunner just called.
He's cutting your character from the show.

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You never let me in, Simon.

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Not really.

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What's this "big audition"
you were talkin' about?

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I'm auditioning for Wonder Man.

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Anyway, nice meeting you.

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Wait. Someone's actually
remaking Wonder Man?

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It's too late.
Today was the last day of auditions.

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[keyboard clacking]

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[Trevor] You're a bloody mess.
You can't go in like this.

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[man over phone] And then you ran
into each other at the audition?

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Yes.

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[man] Are you sure he's buying the act?

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-[Trevor] He doesn't suspect a thing.
-[cell phone chimes]

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[Trevor] I was ten
when the acting bug first bit.

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My first audience
was my dear old mum, Dorothy.

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I… I had to keep her spirits up.

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It was the least I could do,
after all she gave to me.

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[woman] Hmm.
You can see how much she loves you.

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Oh, she was a saint. A true saint.

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She always believed in me,
believed in my acting.

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I'd never have made it without her.

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Wait… Were you in a hospital show?

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South Shore Hospital, yeah.
The first three episodes.

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[gasps softly] Yes! With Joe Pantoliano.
[smacks lips] I love him.

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Yeah.

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-No, yeah. People do.
-Mmm.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, it's true. I've had some low points,

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some bits I'd rather forget… [chuckles]
but that's all behind me now.

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Thirteen years sober, back in Hollywood,
ready to make my mum proud.

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You know, she always said my acting
could be important, vital,

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and I'm gonna prove her right.

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-Oh, that's wonderful.
-[chuckles]

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Your mother would be so happy for you.

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-[woman screams]
-[federal agent 1] Stay down!

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-[Trevor grunts]
-Stay down! Do not move!

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Trevor Slattery, you're under arrest.

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I'm not resisting.

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[handcuffs clicking]

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-[federal agent 2] Step back. Step back.
-We're not together.

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[Trevor as the Mandarin]
Some people call me a terrorist.

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[gunshots]

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I consider myself a teacher.

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America, ready for another lesson?

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Thirty-nine hours ago,

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the Ali Al Salem
Air Base in Kuwait was attacked.

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I, I, I did that.

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[button clicks]

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Pretty scary stuff.

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-It's called acting. [chuckles]
-[chair creaks]

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I'm gonna shoot him in the head,

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-live on your television.
-[man groans]

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[gunshot]

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-Acting?
-They're squibs. Blanks.

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-[Cleary] You sure about that?
-Why are we going through all this again?

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-I had my trial. I went to jail.
-And never finished your sentence.

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-[Trevor] Not my fault.
-No one cares.

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-[distant footsteps]
-[chair creaking]

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[Cleary] You know,
the way that I see this,

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you have two options.

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Option one, is that you go back to prison
and finish your sentence.

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I like that option.
And then you have option two,

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which is, you do a little work
for the Department of Damage Contr--

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Two. Option two, thanks.

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Okay.

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[sliding photo on table]

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This is Simon Williams.

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You're an actor.
Do you think you can get close to him?

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I would need some bait.

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An audition could work.

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Shouldn't be hard to set up a fake one.

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[sucks teeth] No, he'd see through it.

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He's a… he's a working actor
with an agent.

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This is a small town.
He'll know what's real.

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You need to find out what projects
are coming up, something juicy.

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Something Simon Williams
would be particularly excited about.

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[grunting]

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[water running]

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[spits]

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Yeah, one sec.

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[rinsing]

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-[Trevor] Hey.
-How in the hell did Ruth Bakshi call me

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about your audition for Wonder Man?

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Yeah, see, that's kind of a funny thing.

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[Janelle] No, no, it's actually not funny.

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I… I'm so mad,
I don't even wanna hear it.

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I'm sorry, Janelle, I had to. It's just--

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It's just something about this role.

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It feel like…

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It feel like the one, like it was made
for me, you know what I mean?

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Actually, I don't. Mmm-mmm.

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-She loved me, didn't she?
-[Janelle] Simon, stop.

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She loved me.

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She said somethin'
about you showin' promise, maybe.

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I knew it!

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Yeah, but she's also realistic, like me.

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She's putting you up for an opportunity
that you actually have a real shot at.

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It's a self-tape for a indie feature,
The Carlyle.

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Get it to me as soon as you can.

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You better deliver for Ruth.
You want her on your side.

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-'Cause she tight with Von Kovak.
-Because she's a great casting director!

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Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, I got you.

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Do you? Do you got me? Bye.

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[♪ whimsical music playing]

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[mumbling lines]

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All right.

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"Poetry teacher I'm close with,
you never judge?"

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"Who says? Who says what?
That I don't judge?"

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"How is it that no matter who
I bring in here, boy or girl,

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"my mother or that odd poetry teacher,
you never judge?"

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Who says?

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Who says what?

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That I don't judge?

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That was bad.

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Zha! Zha!

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-[over laptop] Who says what?
-Who say--

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-[over laptop] How is it that no ma--
-What'd you--

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[high-pitched exclaiming]

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[over laptop] How is it
that no matter who I--

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-Shut up, not yet.
-No matter who I--

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Would you like to charge it to the room?

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[over laptop] How is it that no matter
who I bring in here, boy or girl,

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or my mother or that odd poetry teacher,
you never judge?

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Who says?

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Who says what?

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That I don't judge?

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Maybe I'm just good at hiding it.

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[sighs deeply]

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[groaning]

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[exhales deeply]

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[Vivian] It's good. Maybe just…

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Maybe just, like, down in the back.

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-Okay.
-And then, maybe this out.

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Okay.

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-Yeah, I like that.
-Thank you.

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-Monetti.
-[whispers] Come here.

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[Vivian chuckles]

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[breathing deeply]

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[groans, clears throat]

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[breathing heavily]

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No, no, no.

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No, no, no, no, no.

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[hyperventilating]

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[low rumbling]

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[objects clattering]

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[breathing heavily]

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-[grunting]
-[objects continue clattering]

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-[loud whoosh]
-[car alarms start beeping]

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[Cleary] Did you notice any signs
of visible enhancement?

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Like what, exactly?

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I don't know. Like a subtle glow, maybe?

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No, he was not glowing.

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I said subtle.

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Look, Trevor,
the Department of Damage Control

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considers Simon Williams
an extraordinary threat,

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and I just need some proof,
and I need it fast,

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and I think we've wasted enough time
tryna search for this "perfect audition."

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-It was worth it.
-I think we could've gone with M3GAN 3.0.

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-[cell phone chimes]
-That's why you hired me.

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Oh, will you look at that?

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Simon Williams needs help
with an audition, wants me to come over.

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You see, my friend? That is great news.

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I want you to wear this.

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When you enter his place,
find his computer

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and place this right on top,
and I'll handle the rest remotely.

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Got it. [sighs]

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Why aren't you texting him back?

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I wouldn't want him to think
I'm just sitting around all day

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waiting for someone to text me. [scoffs]

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Okay.

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I think we've waited long enough, maybe.

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I'll handle the role of Trevor Slattery,
if you don't mind.

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Okay. I've put down my book.

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I have crossed the room.
I've reached my phone.

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"Intriguing. When were you thinking?"

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[cell phone chimes]

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-He's thinking "now."
-[softly] Is he?

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-[typing]
-[Trevor] "That might be tricky.

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"I would have to move some things around,

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"but there might be a chance
I could manage--"

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Just say, "See you in 20."

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I would never text a sentence fragment.

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Meeting is set.

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-[sighs]
-Great.

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"How far that little candle
throws his beams!

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"So shines a good deed
in a naughty world."

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Yeah.

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Shakespeare.

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Right.

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Merchant of Venice.

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Sure.

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Don't mess this up, Trevor.

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-Yeah.
-[Cleary] Yeah.

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[buzzes]

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-[Simon over intercom] Yeah?
-Yeah, it's Trev. Trevor Slattery.

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[Simon] Cool, be right down.

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Wait… [hesitates] aren't I coming up?

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[Simon grunts]

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Hey.

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Thanks for comin'.

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-Let's go shoot this thing.
-Aren't we using your apartment?

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Nah, it's got bad energy.

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Look, I just went through a breakup,
so it's kinda hard to focus in there.

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00:11:02,042 --> 00:11:04,292
I gotta be centered for this.
It's gotta be good.

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00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:07,708
Okay. Okay, so where do we go?

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There's a self-tape studio
not far from here.

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00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,583
[Trevor] And what, pray tell,
is a self-tape studio?

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[Simon] They sprang up
over the last few years.

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You rent the room by the minute. It helps.

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Since almost everything these days
is a self-tape.

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It's tragic how the industry's changed.

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-[cell phone vibrating]
-Oh.

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Sorry, I've… I've gotta take this.

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I'll sign us up.

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[door closes]

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I couldn't get into his apartment.

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[Cleary over phone] How did you
already screw this up?

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Editing and upload are included,
and there are no hidden fees.

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Sign right there, and I can fit you in
right now, if that works?

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Nice.

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[Cleary] Okay, fine.

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Just stay close and keep
an eye out for anything suspicious.

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I think I can handle that.

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-Trevor, we're up.
-Oh.

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Oh. Gotta go, Uncle… Vanya.

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So, it's an indie feature
in the vein of Igby Goes Down

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or The Only Living Boy in New York,

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and I play a waiter
who the man-boy protagonist

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has a unexpected
emotional connection with.

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Sounds rich and textured.
This could be good for you.

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00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:16,292
Right, so, I'm thinkin'…

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The waiter character
is third-generation from the Bronx.

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His father always wanted to own
his own restaurant.

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He was a great cook,

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and he took Corey to The Carlyle
when he was a little boy for tea once,

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so he's always had this emotional
attachment to it.

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Not sure how you'll convey all this with

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"Would you like
to charge it to your room?"

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May I see the sides?

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I'd like to prepare before we start.

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00:12:42,792 --> 00:12:44,083
Oh. Uh…

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No, sorry, the two of us, we can
handle it. That's why we came together.

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Well, you should have
read the waiver you signed,

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because it stipulates
that I read all off-camera lines.

247
00:12:54,667 --> 00:12:55,750
[camera beeps]

248
00:12:58,292 --> 00:13:00,167
Would you like to charge it to your room?

249
00:13:03,875 --> 00:13:04,875
Oh, sorry, is that me?

250
00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:06,250
Yes, Marcy, indeed it is.

251
00:13:08,792 --> 00:13:11,000
-Okay. Let's start again.
-[camera beeps]

252
00:13:11,083 --> 00:13:12,958
-Pick up the pace.
-[Simon exhales]

253
00:13:14,375 --> 00:13:15,458
[camera beeps]

254
00:13:18,708 --> 00:13:20,583
Would you like to charge it to your room?

255
00:13:22,250 --> 00:13:23,250
How is it that…

256
00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,250
"Is it that?" That sounds weird.

257
00:13:30,333 --> 00:13:32,375
I think we're good. Thank you, Marcy.

258
00:13:32,458 --> 00:13:34,417
"Is it that?" That sounds weird, right?

259
00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:36,000
-Thank you.
-[Simon] Thank you, Marcy.

260
00:13:43,167 --> 00:13:45,833
How do you still have a place in LA
after all these years?

261
00:13:45,917 --> 00:13:48,917
[Trevor] Bought it,
with the South Shore Hospital money.

262
00:13:51,583 --> 00:13:54,500
-[woman 1] Oh, yeah!
-Wow. I had a really great time.

263
00:13:54,583 --> 00:13:57,125
-I know! Right? I know.
-[woman 2 laughs]

264
00:13:57,208 --> 00:13:58,250
[elevator bell dings]

265
00:13:58,333 --> 00:13:59,542
[door opens]

266
00:14:00,375 --> 00:14:01,583
[Trevor] Make yourself at home.

267
00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:04,500
-[door closes]
-[Simon grunts]

268
00:14:05,292 --> 00:14:07,333
Wow. This place is crazy.

269
00:14:07,417 --> 00:14:09,417
[chuckles] Sure beats the ol' dungeon.

270
00:14:14,042 --> 00:14:18,333
"Turtle Diary. Directed by… John Irvin."

271
00:14:18,417 --> 00:14:19,583
You've seen Turtle Diary?

272
00:14:19,667 --> 00:14:22,500
Of course. You and Glenda Jackson
free a couple of sea turtles

273
00:14:22,583 --> 00:14:25,583
from the London Zoo, but you really
free yourselves along the way.

274
00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:29,542
Yeah. No, yeah.
How am I just realizing that now?

275
00:14:30,875 --> 00:14:33,958
Coronation Street.
You played Ron Jenkins, right?

276
00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:35,375
Well done!

277
00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:37,833
[as Ron] A pint of bitter, please,
and one for my friend.

278
00:14:37,917 --> 00:14:40,250
-[chuckles]
-[Trevor] Every Brit did their stint.

279
00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:43,500
The producers were thrilled to get me
after my run as Lear.

280
00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:45,042
Oh, careful with that.

281
00:14:48,542 --> 00:14:51,958
There's a tradition in the theater
of handing down your prop

282
00:14:52,042 --> 00:14:53,917
to the next generation.

283
00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,542
This particular skull's
had quite the journey.

284
00:14:56,625 --> 00:14:59,875
It was used by David Garrick
when he played Hamlet. [sighs]

285
00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:02,958
He gave it to Kean,
who passed it to Irving,

286
00:15:03,042 --> 00:15:06,292
who passed it to Burton,
who left it in a bar, and I nicked it.

287
00:15:07,333 --> 00:15:08,333
[snorts]

288
00:15:10,708 --> 00:15:11,875
Is this you?

289
00:15:11,958 --> 00:15:15,833
[Trevor] Yeah. My mother, Dorothy.
She was a nurse.

290
00:15:15,917 --> 00:15:19,417
She always believed
I'd make a great performer one day,

291
00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:22,333
have a positive impact on the world.

292
00:15:22,417 --> 00:15:24,583
[♪ loud music playing
in neighboring apartment]

293
00:15:24,667 --> 00:15:25,708
[Trevor sighs]

294
00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:29,042
Max Factor's grandson
used to live in that apartment.

295
00:15:29,125 --> 00:15:30,208
Now we've got this.

296
00:15:30,292 --> 00:15:33,458
When I ask him to stop,
he just plays it louder. [scoffs]

297
00:15:34,292 --> 00:15:35,458
Shall we get to work?

298
00:15:39,667 --> 00:15:41,625
[loudly] "Would you like
to charge it to the room?"

299
00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:43,917
"How is it that no matter
who I bring in here--"

300
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,625
That should be "whom," by the way.

301
00:15:45,708 --> 00:15:47,333
"Whom I bring in here, boy or girl,

302
00:15:47,417 --> 00:15:50,208
"my mother or that odd poetry teacher
I'm close with, you never judge?"

303
00:15:50,292 --> 00:15:51,792
-"Who says?"
-"Who says what?"

304
00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:54,500
"That I don't judge?
Maybe I'm just good at hiding it."

305
00:15:54,583 --> 00:15:56,292
-[loud music stops]
-He stopped.

306
00:15:56,375 --> 00:15:58,167
-Oh!
-All right, let's, let's set up.

307
00:15:58,250 --> 00:16:00,458
Uh, before we record, I had a thought.

308
00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:03,875
I think, uh, the key to this role
is finding what's not being said.

309
00:16:03,958 --> 00:16:06,583
Think about what you're doing
between your lines.

310
00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:08,917
-That's where the character--
-[♪ loud music resumes]

311
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,542
Oh, bloody hell.

312
00:16:11,458 --> 00:16:13,417
It's never been this hard
to do a tape in my life.

313
00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,292
Ruth Bakshi
is never gonna work with me again.

314
00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:16,542
-Ruth Bakshi?
-Yes.

315
00:16:16,625 --> 00:16:18,292
-Casting director on Wonder Man.
-Yes.

316
00:16:18,375 --> 00:16:20,375
-You better not mess this up.
-I know!

317
00:16:20,458 --> 00:16:22,750
We could shoot on the street
or in your car.

318
00:16:22,833 --> 00:16:25,458
What? No, it's… it's too weird.
It's a waiter scene.

319
00:16:25,542 --> 00:16:27,875
-You have any friends we could ask?
-No.

320
00:16:27,958 --> 00:16:29,833
-You've been out here for how long now?
-Eight years.

321
00:16:29,917 --> 00:16:31,792
Eight years?
You don't have any friends? [chuckles]

322
00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:34,125
What about you? You've been here
for decades. Where are all your friends?

323
00:16:34,208 --> 00:16:36,125
-Used to have plenty.
-[sighs]

324
00:16:36,208 --> 00:16:39,000
Oh, there is someone I could ask.

325
00:16:39,083 --> 00:16:40,750
[♪ pleasant music playing]

326
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:45,208
We were both in South Shore Hospital
together. I played the lead.

327
00:16:46,250 --> 00:16:48,833
Somehow, he managed
to get in the showrunner's ear.

328
00:16:48,917 --> 00:16:50,500
He had my character killed off,

329
00:16:50,583 --> 00:16:52,458
walked away with the lead role,

330
00:16:52,542 --> 00:16:55,875
and the People's Choice Award
for "Most Promising Newcomer."

331
00:16:55,958 --> 00:16:57,417
Damn, that's cold.

332
00:16:57,500 --> 00:16:59,042
He owes me.

333
00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:09,833
Trevor Slattery! [chuckling]

334
00:17:11,292 --> 00:17:12,917
I can't freaking believe it!

335
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,708
Oh! Oh!

336
00:17:15,792 --> 00:17:16,958
Get in here.

337
00:17:20,875 --> 00:17:24,208
Simon, Joe Pantoliano.
Joe Pantoliano, Simon Williams.

338
00:17:24,292 --> 00:17:27,167
-Everybody calls me Joey Pants.
-Yeah, of course. It's a pleasure.

339
00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:30,000
You know, I never eat a steak without
thinkin' about you in The Matrix.

340
00:17:30,083 --> 00:17:31,625
-[chuckles] Come on.
-Everybody always go on and on

341
00:17:31,708 --> 00:17:33,750
about Grodin and De Niro in Midnight Run,

342
00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:36,083
but you were the third side
of that triangle, man.

343
00:17:36,167 --> 00:17:38,167
-I like this guy.
-Wow…

344
00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:41,167
You've done well for yourself, man.
That's a lotta marble.

345
00:17:41,250 --> 00:17:44,333
[Joe] Yeah, well, my wife,
she designed the place.

346
00:17:44,417 --> 00:17:46,500
Uh, hang on a sec.

347
00:17:47,417 --> 00:17:49,042
Gotta give the tree some light.

348
00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:55,167
You know, Art Linkletter taught me
a crucial lesson about show business.

349
00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:57,875
It's not enough to make a living.

350
00:17:57,958 --> 00:17:59,875
You gotta make a killing.

351
00:17:59,958 --> 00:18:05,708
So, I got into real estate early on,
bought in Venice way before Arnold.

352
00:18:05,792 --> 00:18:08,500
Made a disgusting amount of money.

353
00:18:08,583 --> 00:18:10,333
Just disgusting.

354
00:18:10,417 --> 00:18:13,458
So, you guys hungry?
My chef'd be happy to make you somethin'.

355
00:18:13,542 --> 00:18:16,458
Well, we're not really here to socialize.
We're on a tight schedule.

356
00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:19,250
Oh, come on, Trev! Nestor's the best.

357
00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:21,042
I just stole him from McConaughey.

358
00:18:22,292 --> 00:18:23,958
Thank you, Nestor.

359
00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:28,208
Ah, my favorite.
We've got some duck prosciutto,

360
00:18:28,292 --> 00:18:30,875
some roasted peppers from my garden,

361
00:18:30,958 --> 00:18:35,917
and we just flew in the mozz
fresh from Hoboken.

362
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,333
You can't audition on an empty stomach.

363
00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:39,750
Here, sit down.

364
00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:40,833
Okay.

365
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,458
[Joe] You know, people don't appreciate

366
00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:48,083
all the work that goes
into the audition process.

367
00:18:48,917 --> 00:18:51,875
I'm offer-only,
so it's hard for me to relate.

368
00:18:56,958 --> 00:18:57,958
[Trevor] Hmm.

369
00:18:59,292 --> 00:19:02,333
Man, I'm so glad all that

370
00:19:02,417 --> 00:19:04,125
-Mandarin business is behind you.
-[cell phone buzzes]

371
00:19:04,208 --> 00:19:08,583
I mean, the performance was good, but…

372
00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:13,333
[sighs] I was worried about you, man.
That was some dark shit.

373
00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,375
-[line ringing]
-[door closes]

374
00:19:17,125 --> 00:19:19,375
Simon, where the hell
is this damn audition?

375
00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:22,083
I'm sorry. I'm at Joe Pantoliano's house
right now. [chuckles]

376
00:19:22,167 --> 00:19:25,083
He just offered me mozz from Hoboken,
he got a tree in the foyer.

377
00:19:25,167 --> 00:19:28,250
I'm just tryna be polite.
I'm in here code-switchin' and everything.

378
00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:31,125
I don't give a damn if you was havin'
sloppy joes with Sarah Paulson.

379
00:19:31,208 --> 00:19:34,333
-You need to hurry the hell up.
-No, that's why I'm here, to do the tape.

380
00:19:34,417 --> 00:19:37,083
I'm just tryna stroke the man ego
a little bit. Let me play this.

381
00:19:37,167 --> 00:19:40,583
Just put your face sayin' the lines
on a tape and get it to me.

382
00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:42,625
-Okay!
-Okay. All right,

383
00:19:42,708 --> 00:19:44,333
and don't do what you always do,
Simon, okay?

384
00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:46,375
I know you're already overthinkin'
and doin' that bullshit.

385
00:19:46,458 --> 00:19:51,250
Just be normal, okay? Can you play that?
Normal man! The breakdown is "go method."

386
00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:03,625
You know, I don't think
we've crossed swords

387
00:20:03,708 --> 00:20:06,292
since we wrapped South Shore Hospital.

388
00:20:06,375 --> 00:20:07,708
Sounds about right.

389
00:20:07,792 --> 00:20:09,542
[Joe] Well, I miss you, Dr. Jack.

390
00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:11,083
[Trevor scoffing]
What's that supposed to mean?

391
00:20:11,167 --> 00:20:13,542
Dr. Jack Kronk, that was your character.

392
00:20:13,625 --> 00:20:17,833
Oh, right. Lovely.
Before you stole the lead from me.

393
00:20:20,625 --> 00:20:22,292
What the hell are you talking about?

394
00:20:22,375 --> 00:20:25,917
I'm surprised you'd bring that up,
Joe Pantoliano. Right to my face.

395
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,125
Trevor, you were high, outta your mind.

396
00:20:31,792 --> 00:20:34,292
You weren't showin' up to set,
and… and when you did,

397
00:20:34,375 --> 00:20:38,375
you were screaming
white worms were coming out of your skin.

398
00:20:38,458 --> 00:20:43,292
You told me that you couldn't handle
the pressure of being the lead.

399
00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,458
The showrunner had to rewrite
to work around you,

400
00:20:46,542 --> 00:20:49,625
until finally, the network had enough,
killed you off.

401
00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:55,167
Can we please
tape this audition already, already?

402
00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:56,708
[footsteps receding]

403
00:21:01,417 --> 00:21:05,875
So, let's shoot this, gentlemen, shall we?

404
00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:09,417
That's quite a career.

405
00:21:09,958 --> 00:21:12,000
[Joe] Well, yeah. [sighs] I've been lucky.

406
00:21:12,083 --> 00:21:16,250
Hell, if I was British,
they would've knighted me by now.

407
00:21:16,333 --> 00:21:19,208
Can I, uh, can I give you
some free advice?

408
00:21:19,292 --> 00:21:22,958
Louis B. Mayer… He had a saying.

409
00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:30,667
"The most important thing
about acting is sincerity.

410
00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:35,458
"Once you learn to fake that,
you've got it made." [chuckles]

411
00:21:35,958 --> 00:21:37,000
[chuckles]

412
00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:41,458
No, look, look…
Show business, it's crazy.

413
00:21:41,542 --> 00:21:44,000
It… It's built
on a foundation of insanity,

414
00:21:44,083 --> 00:21:50,375
so success is the collateral you use
to build something real for yourself.

415
00:21:50,458 --> 00:21:52,667
Remember this, acting…

416
00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:54,875
it's just a job.

417
00:21:54,958 --> 00:21:58,750
I mean, yeah,
it's a great way to make a buck.

418
00:21:58,833 --> 00:22:00,875
It's better than any other job out there,

419
00:22:00,958 --> 00:22:03,583
but the minute you try to get
somethin' else out of it,

420
00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:05,792
fame, validation,

421
00:22:05,875 --> 00:22:09,833
getting even with your parents,
whatever… you're screwed.

422
00:22:09,917 --> 00:22:14,125
You keep diggin' that hole,
and you'll never get out.

423
00:22:17,167 --> 00:22:18,750
I gotta say, Trev…

424
00:22:19,667 --> 00:22:20,958
Oh, I envy you.

425
00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:24,167
To finally be done with it all.

426
00:22:24,875 --> 00:22:26,542
Must be nice, huh,

427
00:22:27,250 --> 00:22:31,125
not to have to worry about your weight…
[stutters] or your appearance.

428
00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:33,958
I mean, you can ignore the stupid trades.

429
00:22:35,667 --> 00:22:37,583
Actually, he's not done with actin'.

430
00:22:38,875 --> 00:22:39,875
Really?

431
00:22:41,208 --> 00:22:45,000
He just had a huge audition
for a lead role in a Von Kovak movie.

432
00:22:45,583 --> 00:22:48,083
Well, holy shit, that's terrific!

433
00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:49,583
-[scoffs]
-[bag thuds]

434
00:22:50,167 --> 00:22:53,167
[sighs] Don't pretend to be happy for him,
Joe Pantoliano.

435
00:22:53,833 --> 00:22:55,500
-What?
-You think you're bein' nice,

436
00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:57,625
but you're actually condescendin' as shit.

437
00:22:57,708 --> 00:22:58,708
Do you know that?

438
00:23:00,542 --> 00:23:04,208
That speech was the dumbest,
most patronizing thing I've ever heard!

439
00:23:04,292 --> 00:23:06,292
-Amen.
-Fellas…

440
00:23:06,375 --> 00:23:10,500
You suck, Joe Pantoliano.
Baby's Day Out is garbage.

441
00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:12,792
Even that dumb baby
couldn't make you funny.

442
00:23:17,292 --> 00:23:19,042
Let's get the hell outta here, man.

443
00:23:19,792 --> 00:23:21,917
[sighs] Uh… Come on, guys.

444
00:23:24,458 --> 00:23:26,417
Acting isn't a job.

445
00:23:27,375 --> 00:23:28,375
It's a calling.

446
00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:35,167
It's the single most consequential thing
anyone could ever do with their life.

447
00:23:45,917 --> 00:23:47,167
[line ringing]

448
00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:52,208
Barry!

449
00:23:53,542 --> 00:23:57,167
What's this I'm hearing
about a new Von Kovak movie,

450
00:23:57,250 --> 00:23:59,375
and why am I not meeting on it?

451
00:23:59,458 --> 00:24:01,292
[♪ pensive music playing]

452
00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:02,875
[Simon] Can you believe that guy?

453
00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:07,667
You okay?

454
00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:11,125
Sorry, that didn't quite work out.

455
00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:13,333
It's all right, man.

456
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:19,125
I know a place we can go.

457
00:24:29,792 --> 00:24:31,167
Just ignore the mess, okay?

458
00:24:36,458 --> 00:24:37,667
[exhales]

459
00:24:39,125 --> 00:24:41,458
I've been thinkin'
about what you said earlier.

460
00:24:43,208 --> 00:24:47,167
About how the key to this scene is…
is findin' what's not bein' said.

461
00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:50,750
All this time I've been assumin' the line,

462
00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:52,417
"Maybe I'm just good at hiding it"

463
00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:55,250
was like a general rebuff,
tellin' the kid to watch himself.

464
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:56,500
Right.

465
00:24:56,583 --> 00:25:01,083
But I'm wonderin' if the waiter's
actually feeling some type of connection.

466
00:25:02,250 --> 00:25:04,000
Like, maybe it's an invitation.

467
00:25:04,083 --> 00:25:05,708
"Maybe I'm just good at hidin' it.

468
00:25:05,792 --> 00:25:07,833
"You can trust me with your secrets.

469
00:25:07,917 --> 00:25:10,125
"Feel free to tell me more."
That kind of thing.

470
00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:11,667
Might be worth a shot.

471
00:25:13,458 --> 00:25:14,458
Yeah.

472
00:25:19,958 --> 00:25:21,333
[exhales]

473
00:25:24,875 --> 00:25:25,875
[clicks tongue]

474
00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:29,083
[exhales, clears throat]

475
00:25:30,417 --> 00:25:32,833
Would you like to charge it your room?

476
00:25:32,917 --> 00:25:35,333
[Trevor] How is it that no matter
whom I bring in here,

477
00:25:36,292 --> 00:25:39,542
boy, girl, my mother,

478
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,583
or that odd poetry teacher
I'm too close with…

479
00:25:46,333 --> 00:25:47,583
you never judge?

480
00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:52,167
Who says?

481
00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:54,375
[inhales sharply] Who says what?

482
00:25:55,250 --> 00:25:56,500
That I don't judge?

483
00:25:57,375 --> 00:26:00,875
Maybe I'm just… good at hidin' it.

484
00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:08,333
[Simon on tape] Who says?

485
00:26:09,083 --> 00:26:10,917
[Trevor inhales sharply] Who says what?

486
00:26:12,167 --> 00:26:13,167
[Simon] That I don't judge?

487
00:26:14,833 --> 00:26:16,792
Maybe I'm just good at hidin' it.

488
00:26:22,792 --> 00:26:23,792
Do I send it?

489
00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,625
You'd be crazy not to.

490
00:26:26,167 --> 00:26:27,167
You think it's good?

491
00:26:27,250 --> 00:26:28,792
It's transcendent.

492
00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:34,667
[Simon] Cool.

493
00:26:42,125 --> 00:26:43,375
[smacks lips] I gotta pee.

494
00:26:45,333 --> 00:26:46,333
[sighs]

495
00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:50,250
[breathes deeply]

496
00:27:02,208 --> 00:27:05,375
-[laptop beeps]
-[♪ mysterious music playing]

497
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,417
[Simon] Yo, Trev, should I order a pizza?

498
00:27:09,208 --> 00:27:10,208
Splendid.

499
00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:14,417
[Simon] All that runnin' around today,
I'm starvin'.

500
00:27:15,833 --> 00:27:18,583
Never had duck prosciutto before.
It's not bad.

501
00:27:21,708 --> 00:27:23,458
Yo, Trev, you like pepperoni?

502
00:27:48,417 --> 00:27:49,417
Yeah.

503
00:27:51,708 --> 00:27:52,708
Pepperoni.

504
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,458
[chuckles] No doubt.

505
00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:58,708
[breathes deeply]

506
00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:00,458
I'll call it in.

507
00:28:07,125 --> 00:28:09,542
[♪ RandB soul music playing,
El Rego et ses Commandos "Hessa"]

508
00:29:24,583 --> 00:29:26,583
[♪ song continues playing]

509
00:30:54,042 --> 00:30:55,542
[song ends]

510
00:30:55,625 --> 00:30:57,625
[♪ jazz funk music playing]