Little Miss Sunshine Page #2

Been nine months, Frank.

He hasn't said a word.

Not one. I think it shows

tremendous discipline.

- Richard.

- I really do.

Really. I think we could

learn something from Dwayne.

Dwayne has a goal.

He has a dream.

It may not be my dream,

may not be yours...

but he's pursuing it with

great conviction and focus.

In fact, I was thinking

about the nine steps-

Oh, for crying out loud!

And how Dwayne's utilizing seven of them

in his personal quest to self-fulfillment.

Richard, please.

Well, I'm just saying

I've come around.

I think he could use our support.

How did it happen?

- How did what happen?

- Your accident.

Honey, here.

[ Frank ] Oh, no, it's okay.

Unless you object.

No, I'm pro-honesty here.

I just think, you know, it's up to you.

Be my guest.

Olive, um, Uncle Frank

didn't really have an accident.

What happened was he...

tried to kill himself.

You did? Why?

[ Stammering ] I'm sorry. I don't think

this is an appropriate conversation.

Honey, let's let Uncle Frank

finish his dinner, okay? Shh.

Why did you want to kill yourself?

[ Richard ]

No, don't answer the question, Frank.

- Richard! Richard!

- He's not gonna answer the question. Frank.

- I wanted to kill myself-

- Don't listen to him.

- I was very unhappy.

- He's sick in his head.

- Richard!

- I'm sorry! I don't think it's

an appropriate conversation...

- for a seven-year-old.

- She's gonna find out anyway.

- Okay.

- Go on, Frank.

Why were you unhappy?

Um, well, there are a lot of reasons.

Mainly, though, I fell in love

with someone who didn't love me back.

Who?

One of my grad students.

I was very much in love with him.

Him?

It was a boy?

You fell in love with a boy?

- Yes, I did. Very much so.

- That's silly.

You're right. It was silly.

It was very, very silly.

- There's another word for it.

- Dad.

- So, that's when you tried to kill yourself?

- Well, no.

The boy that I was in love with fell in love

with another man- Larry Sugarman.

- Who's Larry Sugarman?

- Larry Sugarman is, perhaps...

the second most highly regarded

Proust scholar in the U.S.

- Who's number one?

- That would be me, Rich.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

So that's when.

No. What happened was

I was a bit upset...

so I said some things

that I shouldn't have said...

and I did some things

that I shouldn't have done...

and subsequently

I was fired from my job...

and forced to move out of my apartment

and move into a motel.

[ Blowing Nose ]

- And that's when you tried to-

- Well, no.

Actually, all of that was okay.

What happened was two days ago the

MacArthur Foundation, in its infinite wisdom...

awarded a genius grant

to Larry Sugarman.

And that's when l-

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