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he's married with children.

It's only with me that he

regresses to what you just heard.

I'm sorry, he gets me going.

I thought you stopped reviewing plays.

Well, that one looked

kind of interesting.

Too bad I'm going to be in Atlanta.

I'll go with George.

Religion, family,

Church, self-help books.

Men with teeth so white you'd think

there's a flashlight in their mouths.

Love, especially romantic love.

Flowers, mini-malls.

There is nothing more

depressing than a mini-mall.

- Mini-malls.

- Except perhaps

your flaws, your vices,

your mortgages,

your furtive looks to your

sleeping BlackBerry

- I do like blackberries.

- And this man,

who finds himself here,

dandruff falling of his head.

That was wonderful.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you.

You'd like to go somewhere for a drink?

We don't have to...

I'm just not used to being

out with a celebrity.

Talking about literature on

public television once a week,

and writing the occasional review

for the New Yorker, doesn't

make me much of a celebrity.

Don't forget your history books

"The Origins of American Hedonism."

Look, if you don't like the

idea of being stared at,

We can go to my place.

Then the only person

staring would be me.

If I go to your place will you

do something for me?

That was awful.

It was OK.

That was amazing.

I wish I could play.

Take lessons.

You'd enjoy playing if

you knew you wouldn't have such

a high opinion of my playing.

Now you're fishing for compliments.

Is this a metronome?

It's like a heart beat.

Even...

great pianists have a problem

with their core acceleration.

You're a very charming man.

You know, don't you?

If this is all for showing you a metronome,

I swear I didn't invent it.

Can you find anyone that

enchanting without sex?

Nobody.

What is this?

My dark room.

I used to develop my own pictures.

- You don't anymore?

- No, no time.

I should go digital, but I can't

really understand that stuff.

Of course you can.

Thank you.

Something relates little princess

because she's...

the center of the picture,

Not her parents,

The queen and the king.

They are just...

ghostly reflections in the mirror.

Well she must have been curious

about going to bed with you.

Yes, so she could tell

her girlfriends

what a man of our age,

is like, close up.

I'm merely an experience for her.

One of many to come.

She'll remember me as...

the old guy who gave her

some culture on the way.

Well, that sounds about right.

You should chalk it up to

the same thing, right?

Yeah.

Gotta stop worrying about growing old.

Worry about growing up.

Oh, thank your lucky stars for

such a one-shot encounter.

It wasn't a one-shot encounter.

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