"It took me thirty long years" "To become who I really am." "I looked to others for ideas," "Hoping maybe they had the plan." "I have to be free." "Don't try to stop me," "I need to be all that I can be." "...as promised, you'll experience the amazing effect of our unique seminar." "Even if you want to, you'll find you're no longer able to smoke." "It has become impossible." "Every single one of our participants will give you his word for it:" "You won't enjoy the buggers anymore." "The nicotine burns on your tongue." "The smoke hurts your eyes." "Taking a deep breath is difficult." "And, most of all, you're a nuisance to everyone around you." "There is only one..." "You learn from mistakes." "Pain shakes you awake." "It took me thirty long years" "To do what I really wanted to do." "Thirty years I pretended, No more good girl, the act has ended." "Want to fuck?" "Can you kiss?" "No, thanks." "Now the time has come to fly!" "Though I might cry," "You're not the reason why." "Excuse me?" "Hello?" "Excuse me, we'll be landing shortly." "Mom?" "No." "Go ahead, take as much cotton wool as you want." "You learn from mistakes." "Pain shakes you awake." "Thanks." "Though I might cry," "I know I have to try!" "BEAUTIFUL WOMEN" "Please, please," "Let's be romantic tonight," "The whole bit, with candlelight." "Let's ride the night, wind in our hair," "To a palace, with gardens and all." "Once we're there, We'll jump the garden wall," "And when the sun rises up above," "In a bed of roses, we'll make love," "And dance like mad till we take flight." "Let's please, please be romantic tonight." "Well, it's about this tough police inspector..." "ONE YEAR EARLIER" "She gets transferred to a new district because she's an expert on serial killers and she's supposed to head a special investigation." "Darling, you're 29." "How could you be a police inspector?" "Let alone an expert with the experience to head a special investigation?" "Never mind that." "Never mind that, it gets even better." "She falls in love, of course." "No, not with her new colleague." "Try again." "Come on, guess!" "You can hang up after that." "Exactly!" "With the very first suspect." "Of course, he's super rich, super nice, and super attractive." "Of course, he's super rich, super nice, and super attractive!" "And, of course, the murderer?" "No, even better." "The murderer is his disabled twin brother..." "He keeps him locked up, but lets him fuck me once during our affair." "Out of brotherly love, so to say." "It's called Deadly Brotherly Love." "It's all there:" "Love, violence, a mercy fuck..." "Oh, no!" "Don't say it!" "Sounds like us, almost." " I just knew you were going to say that." "Zuckermann?" "Pusher?" "No, this isn't a good time." "I'll call you back." " What does he have that I don't?" "You really want me to answer that?" " No." "I don't get it." "Why would you even want to play garbage like that?" "Maybe to see my name on screen for once." "I love you, either way." "You know that, right?" "I love waking up with you." "Why..." "...don't you wait for a better role?" "This might be my last chance to make some money." "Because you're over thirty?" "I'm pregnant." "Score." "And your husband?" "...is my ex-husband." "So?" "Well, you don't exactly seem overjoyed." "I haven't decided if I'm going to have it." "What would that depend on?" "Should you be smoking in your condition?" "But apart from that:" "Do we really want to sink that low?" "Can an actress even 'sink too low'?" "Hello." " Hello." "Hi." "They must be joking!" "Make-up is that way, on the right." " Thanks, but..." "Make-up is down the hall, on the right." " Thanks, I'm fine." "I prefer to do it myself." "They always make you look like a paint box." "I'm Genoveva Artuides." "But Geno is fine." "I'm Karin Leiser." "I'm Dana Lemberg." " I know." "I saw your last film at the movies." " My last one didn't get released." "The one before that, then." " So you were the one?" "It was a nice little film." "No idea why it got such awful reviews." "I didn't think you were so bad." "Thanks." "How much longer can it take?" " Hard to say." "Make-up is down the hall, on the right." " Thanks." "Hi, there." "Hello." "They must be joking!" "She's good, isn't she?" " You think so?" "Did you see her last one, too?" " Actually, I didn't like her in that." "Anyone else want coffee?" " Me." "It's absurd." "They seem to think they can treat us like extras." "They're right, aren't they?" " No." "I'm not that desperate." "You're not?" " For some cheesy "erotic thriller,"" "serial-killer TV bullshit?" "And that one scene, when the nutcase ties her down and cuts up her underwear?" "I don't think so." "That was my favorite, too." "I thought to myself..." " Typical male bullshit?" "Right." "Actually, it was written by a woman." " Doesn't matter." "Right." "It's still male bullshit." "You wouldn't do it?" "I mean..." "Would you not let someone cut up your underwear in front of the camera?" "Would you not do any nude scenes at all?" "I mean, if not..." "I'm sure they'd like to know." "Well..." "...if it's important for the story..." "And well written, and not just voyeuristic, and... bla, bla, bla." "This is where someone says:" "The less you see, the more erotic it is." "I couldn't have put it better." "Make-up is down the hall, on the right." "I'm Barbara." "Welcome to the time warp." "I'm Candice Zuckermann." "Guess there's no rush with the make-up." "You're all on before me?" "You bet." "Candice what?" " Zuckermann." "Don't ask... 'Zucker' means sugar, so Mom thought:" "Candice, like candy." "They must be joking!" "Not now!" "Have you put on weight?" "No." "Anyway, it suits you." "Oh, sorry!" "Zuckermann here." "Pusher!" "Bad timing again." "I'll call you back." "So?" "Sweetie, give me a call, okay?" "That's life." "They're keeping us waiting." "Five of us, by now." "Very unprofessional." "Hope to hear from you." "Love you..." "Ciao." "Don't I know you from somewhere?" " I was thinking the same thing." "Not that I know of." " What have you played?" "Just small parts." "You're right." "I've seen her before." " So have I." "I haven't." " Naturally." "Leiser." "Karin Leiser." "I can't figure it out." " Well, she sure is weird." "Maybe she'll put us all to shame." " Not me." "That was a joke." "I think actors who are a bit cuckoo generally get further than normal, nice, easy-going ones." " Yeah, they're more 'interesting.'" "A cokehead who fucks around makes for better press than, "I have a dog, a husband, and I'm waiting for my next role."" "True, that doesn't exactly sound exciting." "We're talking like she's a total freak." "We don't know her." "I knocked, in case you were slagging me off." "Nonsense." "God, just thinking about it..." ""How do you see the role?"" ""We haven't seen much of you lately." - "What makes you right for the role?"" ""Is the violence a problem?" - "Would you take your clothes off?"" ""Like, right now?" - "And give me a blow-job?"" "Are you a teetotaler?" "Or vegetarian?" " Or pregnant?" "You never know." "Bitch!" "Why not sort it out ourselves and save them the trouble?" "The one who needs it most gets the part." "I'd have to keep doing soaps." " Not bad." "I need the money." "Even better." "I'll continue doing art..." "Theatre, that is." "You don't want to say what you do, huh?" " Not really." "You haven't said anything yet." " I..." "Whatever..." "I mean, look at us." "We're all totally different." "She's way prettier than me." "You're a bit more 'Rubenesque.'" "Thanks." " You're..." "You look much younger." "Now I'm curious." "You..." " Me?" "So we shouldn't be at the same audition?" " No problem." "They couldn't care less." "This here is like a meat market." "But I'm not a piece of meat." "Yes, you are." "We're all just little weenies." "Or baloney." "True." "Whatever you do, it's all baloney in the end." "We're a bunch of baloney." "No, let's not whine." "We chose to come here, didn't we?" "If only to play a mediocre part in a dumb movie." "But not without shaking our tits." "We're weenies." "Okay..." "You've convinced me." "Hello?" "You're not seriously considering staying after what's been said, are you?" "She's appealing to our pride and self-respect." "All right, then." "You're all nuts." "Does anyone have a car?" "Dana?" "I need the job." " Then it's all yours." "Too bad..." "Ciao." "So what are we doing now?" " I have no other plans today." "Well then, let's go!" "And another message..." "and another... and another." "Has he called back even once?" " Uhm..." "I don't recall asking for your opinion." " Okay." "Isn't today a 'fuck the calories, I love fries' day?" "Wow, you lay it on thick, don't you?" " Special recipe." "I could never eat that." " Yeah, too greasy." "No, it's only..." "I gain weight just breathing dust." "But today's a 'fuck the calories' day." " That's true." "Three yummy beers and a silly white wine spritzer." "Sorry, I can't take much alcohol." "I'm already woozy from that one glass." "What are your plans?" " I'll get the train home." "Me, too." " Water the plants." "See a movie, maybe." "Confess to Theresa I walked out today." " Not to forget calling your sweetheart." "Exactly." " Is Theresa your agent?" "What about you?" "Go home, shower, make some calls, fuck a bit..." " Sounds good." "Sounds fabulous." "Beer, we need more beer." " My turn." "You're single, aren't you?" " No." "Why?" "You just seem so... singlish." "Is that a compliment?" "Forget it!" "Yes!" "It was meant as..." "Sorry..." "You don't have to apologize when your husband calls." "Not husband." "We only meet off and on..." "...to fuck." "Something like that." "I'm single..." "in case anyone wants to know." "And, are you happy?" "Yeah, most of the time." "What's the matter?" "I don't know!" "It's been four years..." " That's my record." "I never even managed that." " Suddenly, he doesn't call back, has no time, doesn't really listen..." "You tell her." "That's normal after four years." "And if your sex life is crap, too then you're ready to get married." "Sex?" "I can't even remember what a penis looks like!" "Damn it!" "Okay, I'll make wedding arrangements, though he'll probably just happen to be busy on that day." " Oh, for God's sake!" "Here, take mine!" "He's never busy, and he's pretty good in bed." "But I want mine." " So climb a mountain!" "That helps?" " Lf not, you can still jump." "I did that once when I was really down." "From way up there, the world looked like a fly dropping." "Suddenly I realized I was one of many, and the pain was much easier to bear." "But you have to get there yourself." "Because... there's no such thing as a chairlift catharsis." "The body must suffer to redeem the soul." "Are you Catholic?" "Where is the damn station?" "How come there aren't any more signs?" " I bet we passed it." "Shit, I'm lost." "How can you tell?" " Intuition." "Even the traffic lights seem to hate us." "Hang on..." "Hey there, bitch!" "Congratulations on the lead?" "Come, get in!" "And?" "You didn't get it?" "Shit." "Why not?" "The light's red, jerk!" "Any mountains near here?" "No wonder the writing looks weird!" " Well, it was a big help on Naxos." "You do know that mountains go uphill?" "Don't laugh, we're doing all this for your sake." "And for mine." "That's no mountain." "You know what?" "I feel much better already." "Let's forget about the mountain." " Absolutely not." "That's a matter of pride." "I'm scared." "It's best to quit while you're ahead, as the saying goes." "Could you drop me off at the nearest station?" "Yeah... sure." "What?" "Well, if everyone's..." "Me, too?" "Yes, of course." "And now?" "No more mountain?" "Either all together, or not at all." "It's no fun otherwise." "Okay, to the nearest train station." "I'll wait an hour or two for my train, reading in some women's magazine that my ideal weight is about 20 pounds." "When I finally get home late tonight, my boyfriend still won't have called." "So I'll stay up all night, eating chocolate and watching home shopping so I don't miss his call." "You wanted to go home." " I didn't." "But I was told," ""All together, or not at all."" " Hey, why all this dilly-dallying?" "We can party together, or we can all just head home." "It's as simple as that." "Well, I know I don't want to go home." " So?" "All together, or not at all?" "I want to go up a mountain." "Just keep driving straight ahead, and don't stop." "It's my boyfriend's birthday next week." "I'd like to be back for that." "Will he even invite you?" "Sorry, I didn't mean that." "I'm just a bit irritated." "By me?" " No." "I just need to pee." "Well, given that he still hasn't called..." "Speak of the devil..." "It's hers." "Hello?" "Oh, really?" "Not yet." "We're trying to find some mountain." "It's too complicated to explain." "So?" "What about it?" "So I changed my mind." "What's your problem?" "Listen, Pusher, I..." "Hello, can I finish..." "Know what?" "I refuse to listen to this." "Who does he think he is?" "What kind of name is that?" "Because he was so pushy when we met." "I thought he'd jump me right there." "So I nicknamed him Pusher." "But our first night really blew me away." "How nice." "What's with her?" "Hey, you'll catch pneumonia!" "Sorry, but all rooms are occupied due to the regatta tomorrow." "Oh, well." "I'm really sorry." "That's just how it is right now." "A shame, isn't it?" " Sure." "That's a lovely brooch you're wearing." "I still don't have any rooms for you." " Actually, it's a crappy brooch." "Really, not even two rooms?" "Not even if the five of us share a single room?" "Even if we pay five-fold for the single?" "Not even if..." "What's the matter now?" "I'm sorry, I can't stand it anymore." "I'm hungry-tired-cold sick-from-smoking-too-much..." "I just want to get drunk and forget nobody wants me!" "I see." "And now?" "Is there no patron saint for unemployed, unloved, starving actors?" "Not in Germany." "Spare me the speech about the crisis in German film." "I'm sure there's a patron saint looking out for us, and that soon she'll send us a sign." "Open the door." "The nightclub sign across the street Blinks on and off, a neon heartbeat." "I'd rather be somewhere else, far away," "And yet because of him, I stay." "I long so to have his tender kiss" "Make my life over into one of bliss." "But I know he'll never make up his mind," "And me and her will both end up cryin'." "And suddenly it's easy," "Only..." "There's someone back there." " Where?" "Yes?" " Sorry, we didn't mean to startle you." "Who's "we"?" "What do you want?" " We're desperate." "We're impressed." " We're starving." "So are we." "We need a place to sleep." " Who needs sleep?" "We're dying for a drink." "Well, then, step right in!" "Make yourselves at home." "Thank you." " Thanks." "And you?" "You don't talk?" " I..." "No way, I don't believe it!" " Don't believe what?" "You're..." "You're..." "Whatsit!" " We figured that much out, too." "That's Peppi!" "Of course!" "Peppi!" "I don't believe it!" "That amazing series from the eighties!" " Seventies." "Seventies." " The cute little girl with brown curls." "She had this red scarf with white dots, and a little dog, and these marbles..." "You've never heard of Peppi?" " Nope." "Peppi is the peppiest, And Pappi is the pappiest..." "And Mammi is the mammiest..." "But Peppi, we don't care..." "It's always fun when you are there!" "You know?" " No!" "Oh, man!" "I can't help it." "We rehearse here every year when the owners are away." "When they come back, we premiere our show here." "For the new tour." "May I?" "I wake up in the afternoon, With heartburn like a storm." "Gee, last night I really was in form." "The new Peppi wasn't just thinner..." "She was also cuter, perkier, smarter, funnier, prettier." "When she went on air, my life became miserable, I tell you." "As if by remote control, I swear" "That if I get through this day..." "First they were envious that I was on TV..." "Then they laughed at me 'cause I got replaced." "Poor Peppi." "Tomorrow I start a new life." "And if not tomorrow..." "And yet you still became an actress." "Yet you still became an actress." "Hannah, I don't want that song." "Why not?" "It's too close to home." " That's why it's funny." "But I don't want to be funny." "I'm an artist." "Right." "Girls, do we get something to drink, too?" "Is this to rinse my contact lenses in, or what?" "I'm thirsty!" "What can I get you?" " Two Manhattans, please." "Coming right up." " Okay." "What's in a Manhattan?" " No idea." "And yet..." "you still became an actress." "You don't give up easily, do you?" " No, not exactly." "Will you have one with me if I tell you?" "Well..." "What the hell." "I guess it makes no difference." "So, what are you?" "Pregnant or vegetarian?" "You first." "You won't tell anyone?" " Okay." "Okay." "I'm not an actress." "You're not." " No." "Oh." " Exactly." "So what...?" " Nothing." "I tried to become one." "Aha." " I tried out 30 times in two years." "I applied to every acting school in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria." "And not one..." " No." "Even though you were 'Peppi'..." " Yup." "So why did you go to the audition today?" "I do that sometimes." "Just like that?" " Yeah." "How did you...?" " Oh, you hear about these things." "If you hang out in the right cafès and keep your ears open..." "And no one's ever caught on to you?" " I never do it at the same place twice." "Have you ever gotten a part?" " No." "Don't get me wrong, but..." "Someone or something doesn't want you to be an actress, don't you think?" "Doesn't seem like it, no." "So why are you so dead set on being one?" "Thank you." " Thank you." "Cheers." "This is supposed to be a Manhattan?" " It's a Bronx, at the most!" "Oh, my God..." "That time I played played 'Peppi'..." "That was the only time I was ever there." "God, how I hate these things!" "Really, they're so annoying." "Why can't it always be like this?" "You sing, we drink and listen to you..." "In a fucking fabulous hotel with no stupid guests bothering us..." "I could do this forever." " Really?" "A bit boring, I'd say." " I don't have anything I really need to go back to." " Hey." "Excuse me." "I'm the one who sings the chansons, I'm the one who gets to be whiny." "What's her problem?" " She's getting dumped." "You think so?" "Really think so?" "You remind me too much of my girlfriend." " What about her?" "She's getting dumped, too." "It took me thirty long years" "To become who I really am." "I looked to others for ideas," "Hoping maybe they had the plan." "You shattered my dreams." "I thank you, for now I can see." "For the wall of illusions around me" "Is now gone forever, it seems." "I have to be free." "Don't try to stop me," "I need to be all that I can be." "Though I might cry," "You're not the reason why." "I cry for joy at this new chance." "Though I might cry," "I know I have to try!" "With no regrets, no backward glance." "There..." "This is the main key, so don't lose it." "Otherwise, the rooms are all the same." "Feel at home." "But remember, the more rooms you use, the more you have to clean." "So, cuddle up now and you'll have less work in the morning." "It is morning." "Oh my God, it is morning." " Sorry...?" "This is super nice of you, but we haven't eaten in about 20 hours." "Isn't there anything...?" " Food?" "Absurd." "I can't drink another drop if I don't get something to eat." "We wouldn't want that, now would we?" "Oh, well..." "Though I might cry..." "Bacardi doesn't work so well..." "We'll take... vodka." "So, you can learn something, Peppi." "Unscrew it." " Okay." "Now toss it behind you." " You think you're the victim." ""He doesn't call me." "He ignores me." "Waaaah." "Poor, pitiful me."" "What kind of crybaby you think I am?" "All I'm saying is, don't think he's having the time of his life." "The what?" "You know how shitty it feels to look at someone and think..." "'Don't look at me with such adoring eyes.'" "'Don't caress me.'" "'Don't be so understanding.'" "One, two, three..." "This, about someone you loved so deeply she was everything to you, earth air, and water, all in one?" "Someone to whom you said, "I love you," just two days ago, and even meant it?" "One more time..." "Have you ever left anyone?" " Me?" "No, not really..." " Think that's a coincidence?" "So, you don't love your girlfriend anymore?" "You could say that." " How else would you say it?" "Maybe I never loved her." " Man, you're worse than a guy." "Apply for sainthood, why don't you?" "So why do you hesitate, then?" "I left a girlfriend once..." "and I promised myself something." "I swore I'd never do it again." "Yeah, yeah, keeping promises isn't easy." "It's not so hard." "Just stay single." "Sure, and introduce World Peace first." " Exactly." "What happened?" "She wouldn't stop crying." " Not even during dinner?" "Not even on the toilet." "Hey, let's start a girls' group." " It's girl group!" "Girls' group!" "'Las Depressivas!" "' No luck, no home no love!" " No job!" "No job, no men..." "Tell me quando, tell me when!" "But, honestly..." "She's with a woman who doesn't want her, you're with a guy who doesn't want you..." "And Dana..." " Dana thought she was a big star..." "But she's actually just a run in the stocking of film history." "I... once swore I'd never whine again, and I'm going to stick to it." "It does help sometimes, though." " Then go ahead." "Me?" "Don't tell me you're the only one here who has no problems." "Oh, no." "Peppi just isn't really an actor..." "She just tried to get accepted an incredible 30 times and failed." "And still she goes to auditions she hasn't been invited to, though she's never gotten a part and is otherwise totally incapable of leading a normal life..." "That's about right, isn't it?" " Pretty much." "Really?" "I'm sorry..." "You're a very, very sick person." "Shit!" "Sorry!" "I have another T-shirt." "Want it?" " Sure." "I'm sorry!" "But I got all wet, too." "Shit!" "Wow, you look great!" " Oh, stop it!" "You really do look great." " Here, look at this!" "Oh, everyone has that." "I don't even need to unzip my jeans." "I thought I'm the only one who looks at women, too." "Yeah, sure." "Right, only men look at women's breasts." " Especially ones like that." "Oh, stop, I can't work like this." "Come, if you'd gotten the part, you'd have been nude for half the film." "It's okay in front of the camera." "There's just one thing I won't show..." "What?" "Show us!" " Show time, show time!" "I have an ugly butt." "Show us!" " Show us, show us!" "You do have an ugly butt!" "Now, you!" "I have saggy tits." " Sure, who doesn't?" "Okay, I don't." "Now this, I'm dying to see." " Right, because I have no flaws." "Well, there's no clue to what they might be." "Nothing can make me show my knees." "How risquè, how shocking!" " Thanks." "Oh, dear!" " Holy shit!" "Is that how they're supposed to look?" " I told you." "I have dandruff." " Where?" "In the winter." "Boy, what I'd give for some tuna fish!" "Man, I can't believe they only have this stupid canned corn." "If only we had some tuna." " Chopped onions..." "Yummy kidney beans..." " And a dash of balsamic vinegar..." "Excuse me." "Better than getting a lump..." " I'm embarrassed." "Why?" "Men belch and fart all the time and don't feel bad." "Well, men have no shame." " Totally." "Men have no gene for shame." "So they have this urge to talk about it when they've just had sex." "And women don't?" " Women are allowed to." "Men push..." " Huh?" "The only major difference between men and women is that men can't kiss." " Oh, I get it, men push!" "That's true." "Right." "Men always go like this..." "You know, like..." "So... ugh!" "Uh, I wish..." "I knew what..." "Come here." "Open up..." "Like this..." "That's what they do?" " Yeah." "What would you call that?" " Well, like..." "You don't say." " She means like this..." "That really is..." "Bah!" "My first one always went like this..." "And my first, he always..." "Come here." "No, no!" " Wait!" "Hey, everybody!" "That's nothing." "Nugali always does this..." "Who?" "Nugali." "My boyfriend." "He's half-Indian." "From Hamburg, like you and me?" "Session musician..." "Skinny as a rail..." "Has a scar on his butt..." "Nugali is Pusher." "Stop, stop!" "I didn't know he has a girlfriend." " It's only been for five years!" "Oh, yeah?" "Before you said it was four." " Fuck you!" "Pusher?" "It figures that I get your voice mail." "Pusher, that you..." "It's no big deal that you see other women." "I see other guys, too." "But that you've ruined a friendship..." "I can't forgive you for that." "I can't believe how you lied to me." "What are you crying about?" " I don't know." "I really have no idea." "Should we check on her?" "Bullshit." "She's not going to kill herself." "Boy, what a day." "Something's burning." "He liked to see me in slutty clothes." "I swear I will never again let anyone tell me to wear slutty outfits." "I'd swear to wear better-Iooking stuff." " Hey, this is my oath." "I swear that everyone can kiss my ass." "I swear that everything's going to be fine." "I swear nothing at all." "I swear..." "I swear to return here exactly one year from now." "I know how these things work." "We all know." "We'll all cry our eyes out at the train station." "We'll all exchange phone numbers, addresses, mobile and fax numbers." "There will be calls the same evening..." ""I miss you so much..." "When can we get together?"" ""You can stay with me anytime." And so on..." "We arrange our first get-together after about a week, and it's fun though maybe bit awkward." "But the next one keeps getting put off..." "And soon we realize we have little to say to each other except, "Remember how...?"" "More and more, the shared memories will fade as we continue with our lives." "Eventually, we'll no longer even pick up when we hear who it is on the machine, because we have nothing to say to each other." "True." " Absolutely." "I can't even imagine that it might turn out differently." "That's just how it is." "We all live in our own world." "Karin?" "Come out!" "Come out of there!" "I want him." "You have him, then." "Right, she's still asleep, anyway." "Must you smoke now?" " Hannah, you have to force yourself." "Even when you think, 'No, not now, maybe... '" "Yes!" "Must you really go away?" "Why don't you stay, Just another hour," "For a little while?" "Come, leave your things in that pile." "It's a perfect Sunday," "But you'll ruin it this way," "And the magic night we shared." "Come, stay with me." "I'll make us some food and some tea." "After the night we shared, You can't just disappear" "And leave me here." "Don't laugh, that's not fair." "Consider what you say to me, Choose each word carefully." "But you say nothing." "Well, perhaps that's best." "What's left to say, On a morning like this?" "There you are, half-dressed," "In your tie and your vest." "Your thoughts are miles away From where we began, yesterday." "Hey..." "Is there a mountain you need to climb?" "Are you one of those people, Busy day and night?" "Who always find time To show us the way," "Who have all the answers, Know how to do things right?" "If you're one of those guys," "Then you can save your breath." "I don't believe in taking advice From anyone else." "I've heard it all before." "I've reached a time in my life" "Where I want more." "'Here today, gone tomorrow' Just isn't good enough." "That's just something people say," "A game we sometimes play" "To keep our loneliness at bay." "Tender caresses shared by night Are not enough to keep you warm" "If nothing remains by Sunday dawn, And they vanish in the light." "Come on..." "Man!" "What is this?" "What kind of crap is this?" "Piece of shit..." "I'm going to puke any second." "There..." "That's 27.90, please." "Uh... euros?" "What do you think?" "Beads and mirrors, or what?" "I was hoping I had a hearing problem." "It's the thought that counts." "We have something for you." "You know, to get you through tough times..." "I'm still here." "There were some bad times, But in the end, I came out fine." "I won and I lost, but I always played." "I didn't think I'd survive some days." "But I survived." "I slept in the dirt." "I starved, but I came out alive And danced the night away." "I've seen ruins, seen the stage, Moved others to laughter and rage." "I've seen hopes kindle, and quiver, In the cold I have shivered." "And I survived." "My first time..." "The Internet..." "Even sex in a waterbed." "I saw Kurt Cobain, My favorite candy bar renamed." "It all went by In the blink of an eye." "Things change every year..." "And still I am here." "I know all the best Hip Hop..." "ONE YEAR LATER" "I may not have attained Great fortune or fame," "But if someone calls my name, I always say:" "I'm still here, I'm still in the game." "I've seen many a soccer player wane," "Boris Becker's love go down the drain," "Pop stars go to seed, then insane." "And here I am, still in the game." "I paid my dues," "I paid for sex, I paid for booze." "I've taken pills for all sorts of ills," "For men, I've changed my size, Told their wives all sorts of lies." "I served sandwiches and beer..." "And yet, I'm still here." "I'm a woman of the Times," "But in the bathroom, a tabloid is fine." "I saw Lady Di's sad good-bye..." "I battled with Herpes, Learned how to steam snow peas." "I saw more things than I recall, Yet here I am, I survived them all." "I'm still here." "I'm still alive." "The road was bumpy through the years, But I'm still here." "I have survived." "When it gets dark, I claw and fight My way back up into the light." "Knock me down, I get up again." "I'll play the heroine, I'll play the clown." "If my world crashes, I rise from the ashes," "And shout for everyone to hear:" "Look, I'm still here!" "I survived," "I'm still alive!" "What about Peppi?" "Is she here?" "What a pity." "There are some very special people with us tonight." "Old friends, you could say." " I'm almost tempted to say..." "Don't say it." "We have a surprise for them." " We just came up with it this afternoon." "So..." "Geno, Barbara..." "Dana, Cannabis..." " Candice!" "Whatever..." "This next song is for you." "Right." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could tell each other everything," "All our secrets, all our dreams." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could laugh about silly things," "Have fun together for hours on end." "We could go out shoe shopping" "And engage in party-hopping." "Through the town we could stroll," "And listen to cool Rock-and-Roll." "We could dance the night away," "Wouldn't get tired till the next day." "We'd be silly and giggle like mad," "And never feel a bit lonely or sad." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could tell each other everything," "All our secrets, all our dreams." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could laugh about silly things" "Have fun together for hours on end." "We'd have hours and hours of fun" "Getting the crossword puzzle right." "We'd save and take a cheap flight" "To some beach, and doze in the sun." "We could be sad and have a good cry," "Yet depression would stand no chance." "We'd know how we feel at just a glance," "Without any words, without asking why." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could tell each other everything," "All our secrets, all our dreams." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could laugh about silly things" "Have fun together for hours on end." "Nothing could possibly tear us apart," "Nothing in the world, no way." "Until perhaps one day" "The same man stole our heart." "If we were best girlfriends..." "We could tell each other everything," "All our secrets, all our dreams." "Translation:" "H. Bauer/A. Barrett Holland Subtitling"