City Island Page #3

Go on, say hello.

Hi, I'm Molly Charlsworth.

- Hi, Vince Rizzo.

Nice to meet you.

- Likewise.

Your assignment for next week is...

to find the most embarrassing...

the most unspeakable thing you can think of...

your secret of secrets...

and you're gonna share it

with you new partner.

So what are you gonna do

with your partner's secret?

You're gonna use to find the courage...

to dramatize your own secret

which you've been trying to hide...

within an inch of your lives...

and you're gonna present

it to us next week...

in the form of a monologue

with no pauses. Is that clear?

Good. Any questions?

Very good. Good class!

So then to get her money in her room...

you said your father didn't get

himself, he just tried to kill your mother.

Only, my mother was away

and my father was a drunk.

It's when their wedding

put an end, come to life.

So my brother and I went to stay with

my aunt on her plantation in Hawaii...

And my brother turned to

opium byproducts.

And I got shackled off to so dusty and

best forgotten European boarding schools.

Wow.

What happened to your brother?

Oh God, no, I'm sorry...

It's just not very useful

for these purposes.

You see, the problem is I've told

this secret about a million times.

I've auditioned with it, in fact...

So it's your turn, Vince

and I'm stuck.

I don't know. Is it possible

that I don't have one?

No.

That would make far too healthy

towards being an actor.

Fat Chicks Bronx New York

Come on, think.

Well, for one thing...

I mean, right here...

my wife right now thinks that

I got a poker game tonight.

You mean, instead of telling her

you've enrolled in an acting class...

you told her you're out gambling.

Is that better?

Well, it's kinda hard to

explain, but yeah.

You see, my wife she wouldn't go...

she wouldn't go for the fact

that I wanna be an actor.

How very refreshing!

Yeah, I guess.

Come on, tell it to me.

Like you were confessing it.

I am Vince Rizzo, you asked

me about my worst secret...

my most personal secret.

Well, my wife she thinks I got

a poker game tonight...

...and it's bullshit.

What do you mean?

You could do worse?

Yeah, try me.

I hardly know you.

I know, isn't it lovely?

I just met my son.

Where?

In the facility where I work,

I'm a correctional officer.

You're a prison guard?

Well, sort of...

Yeah.

And how old is he, you're son?

- He's 24.

His name is Tony.

Tony Nardela.

This is brilliant.

How did you recognize him?

Well, his name it just popped

right out from the rap sheet.

You know, Nardela because

that was his mom, mom's name.

and he was born in Campton, New Jersey

which is where she lived.

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