"( music playing )" "I'm not doing "Spectrum."" "Jack, I have the utmost respect for you." "Is it "the ut"?" "God, do I say "utmost" or "upmost"?" "Which one is it?" "Is it ut or up?" "Wray, how you feeling?" "Jack, what are you doing here?" "How'd you even know which hospital I was in?" "I just went to your house, called 911, ambulance brought me here." "Good to see a friendly face, buddy." " Ah, that's hot." " Sorry." " That one's yours." " Are you okay, buddy?" "Yes, matter of fact, never better, because now I am 100% focused on "Spectrum" and getting this movie made ASAP." "Hmm." "That's great." "I can't wait to do this movie." "I've got so many ideas." "Let's spitball some stuff." "Spitball some ideas with me." " Yeah." " Come on." " Let's spitball." " Yeah." "Okay, I'm just spitting." "Maybe it's a loogie." "What if I'm not in it?" "In what?" ""Spectrum" the movie." "Jack, I have the uh... most respect for you." ""Utmost." There is no "Spectrum" without Cash Wayne." "You see, this is why I wanted to talk to you before the meeting." "I just" " I can't do "Spectrum."" " Can't or won't?" " It's kind of a "cwon't."" "I have to do literally anything but "Spectrum."" "What else have you got?" "Screw you, also exactly." "Ever since "Spectrum," all our" "I'm sorry, officer." "The situation has worsened." "Your partner has slipped into a coma." "You're talking to the wrong guy." "I know." "I'm practicing." "Excuse me." "After "Spect--"" "after "Spectrum," all I've done is sci-fi." "It's like I'm on a merry-go-round that's just going round and round and round." "It's broken." "How is that broken?" "Because I can't get off." "I'm sorry, officer." "The situation has worsened." "Your partner has slipped into a coma." "That was actually really good." " Yeah." " A lot of eye contact." "It was warm." "Thanks." "It's showtime." "Jack, "Spectrum" launched your career." "It launched my part-time job." "Then tell your agents you wanna go out for other things." "I'm not good at telling them anything, really." "Wray, those people work for you." "You tell them this is show business." "There is no business without the show and you are the show." "That's kinda easy for you to say because you get to do whatever you want." "Apparently not, because what I want to do is make "Spectrum,"" "but I can't because you won't do it." "And I want to break out of sci-fi, but I can't do that if I keep doing sci-fi." "( sighs ) That never gets easier." "Should've been a lawyer." ""Doctor Cop Lawyer."" "You could do that show." "No, that's a sci-fi show." "You can't just stitch three guys together." "No, no, it's a drama." "It's very serious." "It's a man." "He's a doctor, he is a cop, and he is a lawyer." "That sounds good." "See, if I could get into something like that..." "You would do "Spectrum"?" " Yeah." " I can get you in with the director." "After that, it's all on you." " Dude, thank you." " Okay, okay, all right." "Wray, can you help me tie Dale down?" "He keeps trying to fall out of bed." " Faith!" " Jack!" " I knew it." " I knew it, too." "How long has this been going on?" " A few months." " What?" " You never told him." " I'm telling him right now." "Faith is sleeping with Dale." " It's disgusting." " Oh, God, you're a child." " You-- no, I am not." " You are, though." " You-- no, I'm not." " You're both children." "Hold it, you are the reason she stinks at her job now." "Both:" "What?" "Any time Wray dates a woman who has her ( expletive ) together, she loses her ( expletive )." "My ( expletive ) is together." "You missed the meeting today." "Because I was out drinking with Wray and my phone died." "Oh, God." "My ( expletive ) is no longer together." "That's-- ( scoffs )" " Just excuse me for a moment." " Where are you going?" "I need to go take care of my ( expletive )." "You two?" "Need to take care of your ( expletive )." "Can someone take care of my ( expletive )?" "I'm gonna go talk to Faith." "You talk to your agents." "I am the show." "What I say go." "Seriously, take it." "It's leaking!" "Oh, my God!" "It is leaking!" "Why would you hand this to me?" "( phone ringing )" "Middle Talent Agency." "Gordon, put me through to Stephanie." "This is Wray Nerely!" "This is Daniel." "Stephanie was fired." "I'm the new Gordon." "Stephanie's the new dead to us." " It's a volatile time." " Wray:" "Gordon was promoted?" "Fine, then let me talk to him." "( sighs )" " ( phone ringing )" " Daniel:" "Wray Nerely for you on line one." "Wray!" "Oh, honey, I am so glad you called." "Isn't that awful about Stephanie?" "Wray:" "I never met her." "I don't have an appointment, and I don't care." "This is Wray Nerely, I am downstairs, and I am coming up!" "Yay, Wray!" "Oh, you silly billy, you are welcome here whenever you want." "( chuckles ) This is show business, Wray." "You're the show." "There's no business without the show." "You know what, that is-- I was gonna say that to you." " You're exactly what I" " No." "You gotta get out of here." "Okay, could you talk to the valet and tell him that I am the show, because evidently if you don't have an appointment they're very aggressive." "Yes, of course." "Daniel, could you please speak to the valet?" " Go away." " ( chime, buzzing )" "Thank you, okay." "Now they're letting me out." "So" " Jesus!" "God, man!" "I was getting out-- I'm not off the phone!" "I'm coming up!" "Dick." " Daniel." " Pascal." "Daniel is no longer at this desk." " It's a volatile time." " Wow." "Your agent will see you... now." "Thank you." "You're not Gordon." "Gordon is the new dead to us." "I'm Daniel." "Sit." "Daniel, okay." " I'd rather stand." " Sit!" "Oh, here." "Okay." "So... a job offer just came in." "Really?" "What's the job?" " A commercial for Astros Cereal." " I don't do commercials." "I am so close to slapping you right now." "But I" " I'm not a sell-out." " A sell-out?" " Yeah." "I'm sorry, is that some sort of an older person's term?" "I am hearing "sell," which I love." "Have you ever heard of artistic integrity?" "( laughs )" "No." "Okay, let me put it this way." "I am the show in show business." "There is no business without the show." "And there's no show business without the business." "Wray?" "It's Wray." " Yes, it's Wray." " Right, right." "And the business is money." "Astros Cereal pays six figures." "I'm not doing it!" " Which six?" " Well" "Don't tell me!" "I'm a serious actor." "Serious actors don't do commercials." "Hmm, right, right." "Except for Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey," "Samuel L. Jackson, Benicio Del Toro..." " Oh, God, no." " Robert Duvall." " Duvall?" " The Rock sells tires." " Well" " Catherine Zeta-Jones," " God." " Kevin Bacon," " Really?" " six different brands for BeyoncГ©." " Why would she need the money?" " Pacino." " Clint Eastwood." " Look, okay, stop, stop." " Harvey Keitel." " God, come on!" " Lawrence Olivier." " When did he do that?" " Dame Judy Dench." " Not Dame Judy." " Nicole Kidman." " Stop talking!" " Rob Lowe!" " They're all sell-outs." " They're all sell-outs!" " Again, I'm not 100% on that term." "Let me ask you something." "What is your business model?" "I don't have a business model." "I am an actor." "I date models." " Do you, though?" " Yeah, yeah, I do." "I dated one once, a hand model, but she was hot all over." "Actually, the least attractive thing about her was her hand, her left one." "It was too skinny." "That's the business." "The right one was fat, and that's why she lost work." "I'm pretty much just waiting for your mouth to stop moving so that I can talk." "You work for me." "Am I right?" "Well, now, that's sort of a gray area." " Actually, it's a" " No, no, you work for me." "Am I right?" "( expletive )." "Technically, yes." "Yes, well, I have something called artistic integri-- aah!" "There is no amount of artistic integri-aah to placate our investors, Wray." "Pascal, where's Daniel?" "He was fired while you were gone." "I didn't go anywhere." "I just bent down." "These are volatile times." "Wray:" "Because somebody keeps firing everyone." "And if I ever find that person, I will fire them." " I" " I'm the show." " Wray!" "There is no such thing as show business anymore." "This is the entertainment industry." "There is no entertainment without industry and there is no industry without machines." "You are simply a minor cog in a complex machine of an entertainment industry that operates in concert with every other industry, creating one tremendous mechanism of profit and enterprise." "If you are summoned to help the machine, you will help the machine." "Um..." "I have a body of work." "( chuckles )" "If your work had a body, it would be riddled with disease." "You haven't become a sell-out because no one is buying!" "You're a generic brand on a forgotten shelf marked "sci-fi actor, half price."" "( mutters )" "See, and... whoops." "I'm ready for the next changeover." "Who's your assistant?" " I fired him." " Wray:" "That's smart." " ( buzzing )" " Oh!" " You're fired." " What?" "Yeah, thank God." "Don't say anything else." "Wray, you can't fire me." " I just did." " ( Pascal chuckles )" "Where will you go?" "There are no countries, no cultures, just branded peoples bumbling around, buying their identities on credit." "( chime )" "Woman:" "I have Russell Crowe for you on line one." " Who are you?" " I'm your new assistant." "( expletive )." "I got your text." "So, what's the job?" "Am I a doctor-cop-lawyer?" "Wray, I can't just give you a job on the season's hottest TV show." "I mean, I know that." "I just-- what's the job?" "It's a national commercial." "Wray:" "Buddy, I am not a sell-out!" "Hey, there's no sell-outs anymore, buddy." "We don't call 'em that anymore." "We just call 'em people with money." "I just fired my agent for trying to get me to do a cereal commercial." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Astros Cereal?" " Wray:" "Yeah." " Wray, Wray!" "I set that up!" "That was me!" "That's the director for "Doctor Cop Lawyer."" "He's shooting that commercial." "Big directors do commercials all the time." "I knew that, too." "Unfire your agents." "Have them call production." "All right, I will unfire them." "Somehow." "I don't think I can unfire them." " It's a volatile time." " Pascal!" " Get your ass in gear!" "Go!" " Yes, sir." "You know what?" "I'm just gonna negotiate it myself." "Jack:" "Hey, you need someone to negotiate for you, okay?" "I don't care if it's a bookie." "I don't care if it's an arms dealer." "I don't care if it's a hobo with a cell phone." " Get anybody." " Okay, okay." "I think I know the person." "Bye." " Woman:" "Hello?" " Bobbie." "Get out of here, come on!" "Go, go, go!" " Okay..." " ( yelling indistinctly )" "( music playing )" "The director of the commercial is also directing a prestigious drama." " "Doctor Cop Lawyer."" " Yes, "Doctor Cop Lawyer"!" "You'd be the gimpy sidekick." "I wanted to play the lead." "That part has to be played by a manly man." "( deep voice ) I can be manly." "He must be such a manly man that there is another man inside of him." "I'm sorry, I did not bring an extra adult diaper." " You can use mine." " Action!" "Astros gives me ten essential" "Cue the satellite!" " Aah!" " Perfect!"