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I mean...

I just want to do good acting.

Challenging roles.

I'll go wherever that takes me.

What kind of roles...

- would you not want to take?

- Bad roles.

I mean, what kind of films

are you not interested in?

Bad... bad films, I guess.

How about monster movies?

Monster movie...

Do I like monster movies?

Sure. Doesn't mean

I wanna act in them.

- And Westerns?

- What about Westerns?

Would you do Westerns?

Any recent ones you've liked?

"The Bounty Hunter"?

"The Boy From Oklahoma"?

Not "The Boy From Oklahoma".

And what is it about that film?

Well, did you see it?

Well, I'm asking you.

Did you see it?

Um... well, it was

a very popular film.

Hello?

Hey, did you get the cheque?

I got it.

It's all gone now.

I've had to buy him

new shoes twice in nine months.

I swear I can hear

his bones growing.

I'm on dinner shift

two nights a week now...

Ah, good . So it all

came to good use.

I'm sending you all I can.

So... how are you?

I'm fine.

I'm tired.

Can... can you put him on?

He's at school, Dennis.

Why can't you ever call

at the right time?

I'm sorry.

It's really not that

difficult to work out.

He misses you terribly.

I've still got to be

in LA for now.

I'm just here trying

to make a living.

I'll come to New York

when the reason's right.

Your son's not the right reason?

Come on, Norma.

How many times

do we have to go over this?

Well look, listen, I...

I might even be there next week.

There's a job I'm chasing.

I know you keep saying

you want to move back,

do more important work,

but I think you want

to stay out there,

taking pictures of spoiled

actors on film sets.

Norma. That's just not true,

and you know it.

Hey.

Why are you sad?

One more orgasm behind you

and one step closer to death.

Sometimes I think

you're an idiot.

The rest of the time, I know it.

Well, like they say...

He who knows he is a fool,

is not a great fool.

Why haven't I heard

about "Rebel" yet?

You will.

You will hear.

Good stuff is so elusive.

They want to fly me to

Algeria in the summer.

I mean, Algeria!

Yeah, I read that script.

What are you going

to do that for?

What are you talking about?

You know what I'm talking about.

I've gotta pack for New York.

Oh . Back to cry poor with

the starving artists.

Well, something like that.

And I miss my friends.

You don't make friends here.

What about me?

Ah, you're my lover,

not my friend.

But I can be both.

I'm serious.

Come to New York with me.

I have to go.

No... no...

No, don't go.

I have to.

I have to get ready

for Judy's Premiere.

Takes me seven hours just

to get ready for these things.

Hello?

Hello? Hey, Jimmy?

It's Dennis. Dennis Stock.

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