"Sorry." "What was your name again?" "Packy." "Packy?" "Yeah." "Are we lost, Packy?" "Damn it!" "Damn it!" "I had this nailed before." "I swear." "Dude, we're gonna find it." "Don't worry about it." "So you're driving for the picture?" "Donny's my cousin." "You know, Donny?" "Ah, yeah." "I'm kinda like the all-purpose kind of guy." "Your cousin?" "Yeah." "And this is his first picture." "Yeah, you know." "I guess that thing we did in Bartoli's back yard doesn't count." "This is like his first film." "Movie." "Is he good with actors?" "Does he like actors?" "Uh" "You're kinda like the first actor I've ever met, so" "But I know he's fucking so psyched that you're doing this." "You're playing the store manager." "Well, now, I haven't committed yet." "This is just research, you know?" "Just take a look at the location." "Research, get a feel for the character." "So, Donny says you haven't worked in, like, four years or something like that." "Well, not four." "It's a long fucking time, right?" "Well, I mean, you know, I've had" "It's not like I haven't had offers." "So you're back!" "You're fuckin' back in business." "How does it feel?" "Well, I wouldn't exactly call this "back."" "Not "back" back, you know?" "Not like "comeback" back." "Just a little independent thing." "Oh." "Nicely under the radar." "I mean, if it flies, fine." "And if it doesn't, it won't even count." "It's like a blow job." "Yeah." "Like a cinematic blow job." "No shit." "All right, this is so" "This is so fucking uncool, I know." "But I'm driving, so fuck it." "I mean" " Hey, would you mind just doin' a little bit for me?" "Any part." "Any part is fine." "I have no idea what you're talking about." "The thing-- The book on tape?" "You did this so well." "Come on." "Any part." "Anything, really." "Uh, no, no, no." "Chapter four." "Wait, wait." "Her ivory hand grasped firmly, the door swung open with the hush of luxury." "And there-- I never did a book on tape." "Here you go!" "Her brim swept up, her eyes filled with the glory, the spectacle that was Titanic." "Man." "It's not me." "Modest motherfucker." "I'm telling you, it's not me." "The soles of his leather-- Of course it's you." "What else you been doin' for the past four years?" "That's not me, man." "All right, first of all" "I would never-- I would never go that way." "I would never choose those rhythms." "You know what I'm saying?" "You get a scene like that, you don't drop into those rhythms." "You don't play the obvious." "You always go under." "Run it by me again." "You want to play it again?" "Yeah." "Her brim swept up, and her eyes filled" "No, see, he's all caught up in his reading." "He's totally disconnected." "I wouldn't" " I wouldn't have a" ""Earth received her step." ""Brim up," ""her eyes encompassed the glory, the spectacle, that was Titanic."" "Oh, my God!" "What?" "So." "This is-- Ground Zero." "You gonna remember how we got here?" "Yeah, I'm down with the map, so it's no big deal." "So, how do you wanna" "How do you want to handle this?" "Sneak me in through the back, maybe?" "For what?" "This is fine." "So, how long do you need?" "You don't stay?" "No, I run." "Frickin' Porta Potties in Brea, wherever the heck that is." "You remember which way we" "No, I'm fuckin' with you, man." "I'm just" " It's a joke." "All right." "An hour or so should do it." "Okay." "Now, you will be coming back?" "Yeah." "Hey, good field trip, all right?" "And man, seriously" "Put it back." "Yes, you." "Put it back." "You're not gonna take it." "You never do." "Stop squeezing the shit out of it and put it back." "I'm watching you, cabrón." "You gonna pick it or do I?" "Your mama didn't teach you how to count?" "Let's go." "Fine." "More for me." "Lee." "Come on." "$16.60." "Get a milk." "Vamos." "Oh." "Oh." "Shit." "Lee!" "Can you not do that?" "Sorry." "I was just-- Watching, I know." "I saw you come in." "Is this bothering you?" "I mean, am I bothering you standing here?" "You are three feet from my face." "Sorry." "Well, where should I" "$24.50." "No receipt." "Oh." "Give me that." "How do you do that?" "The numbers?" "How do you-- You know before they even" "I'm terrible with numbers." "You got prices, you got totals." "How many can there be?" "Do you have to train for that?" "I mean, to remember all that?" "Some special training?" "Yeah." "Right." "I'm too A.D.D. I could never" "So you-- You really anticipate, right?" "Oh, I mean, you're good." "You're really good." "Wow." "Does the manager have to be that good?" "I mean, with the numbers?" "What about the other one?" "She that good?" "I mean, she's not pulling in the customers." "Why, no." "Not while she sits on her ass!" "But then, I guess you don't have to work if you're fucking the manager!" "Kiss it." "Bitch." "That puta gets the gold lane and does shit, and I carry the floor." "You tell me how smart I am." "I wasn't aware there were lane distinctions." "You are looking at them." "Ten items or less." "You been standing there." "You see one jerk not try to push the count, huh?" "Always a fight." "So, this is the less desirable lane." "This?" "This is where checkers come to die." "Look at this." "Look at" "Even the register sucks." "In Italy, they give long receipts to pretty woman as a come-on." "Toll-takers on the highway." "Sort of a projection of length, if you know what I mean." "Why are you here?" "I was hopin' to see the manager." "But I guess he's not here." "I don't know." "Why don't you ask her?" "No, no." "It's okay." "It's cool." "What did you want with him?" "I'm just doing a little research." "You're a cop?" "No!" "Ha!" "No, no." "I'm-I'm-- Shitting you." "I know who you are." "You do?" "You are in that Ashley Judd movie." "You saw that?" "Blockbuster over there." "Only shit we see." "Yeah, well, I'm-- Mm, I know." "And you are?" "Your name again is" "Did I tell you?" "No, of course not." "Research for what?" "A project." "What the hell does that mean, "a project"?" "Uh, film." "You know." "Little" " Uh, nothing I've committed to." "Just-- A movie." "Yeah." "Then why don't you say so?" "Scarlet." "That's your name." "Scarlet." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Good strong name, Scarlet." "Beautiful name." "It's the lead in a movie name." "Scarlet." "What would you possibly learn here?" "Everything." "Everything." "What?" "Well, for instance, do you know... that you change hands every other customer?" "You got this rhythm thing going." "Are you aware of that?" "Hmm?" "Are you shitting me?" "No!" "No, it's just details." "It's all detail." "That's all character is, behavior." "You have to build it." "For instance, this blouse that you're wearing here under this smock?" "That's a choice, right?" "That's specific." "What does it say to us, to the audience?" "It says that she's here but she's not here." "She's doing it, but on here own terms." "You see what I'm saying?" "Or, it's very uncomfortable." "What have we got here." "Some sort of a poly blend?" "Hard to say." "It's not wool, is it?" "I don't do well with wool." "Sweat like a motherfucker." "Manager doesn't have to wear wool, does he?" "Might have a problem with it." "Are all actors like you?" "Sadly, no." "Oh, Jesus." "Lee." "Lee!" "Is that him?" "Is that the manager?" "Oh." "Oh, the vest is great." "He's a standby." "Deaf as a post." "Deaf!" "Yeah, he's" " Oh, shit." "How am I supposed to get out of here?" "Put it back!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Scarlet!" "What are you doing?" "You're doing a wonderful job, Scarlet." "Customers, please note the outstanding work being done by our employee in the 10 items or less lane." "And you'll find there's no waiting in aisle number one, where our full service checker is currently sitting on her ass." "Hey, fuck off." "Why the hurry?" "Because." "I was supposed to get out of here 15 minutes ago." "And if I just leave Lee here, the place will probably get robbed again." "Robbed?" "Like, "robbed" robbed?" "Where do you think you are?" "Really?" "I'm sick of taking care of these children." "But wait." "Are you going now?" "Don't stay too long." "The next shift doesn't speak English." "Well, wait a minute." "Couldn't you stay a few more minutes?" "I gotta go." "Just five more minutes." "Aren't you supposed to get picked up?" "There's some little autobus that comes, or" "Yeah, yeah." "I don't know where the kid is." "He was supposed to be here an hour ago." "You think he's coming?" "Do I know him?" "Well, what if he's lost?" "So call him." "I-I forgot my cellphone." "Darn." "So did I." "Use the pay phone, like the rest of America." "Well, see, the thing is, I" "I don't have a phone number for him." "The little P.A. guy, he left, and he didn't give me a phone number" "He told me he was gonna find me here." "So no ride." "No." "And there's no one you can call?" "No." "I don't know the" "I mean, it's just a shitty little production company, you know?" "I haven't even committed yet." "So call home." "You do have a home?" "See?" "See?" "A clear mind." "Yeah." "Thank you." "Oh." "What?" "I don't remember the number." "We had the phone numbers changed a week or so ago, but" "For security, and I-I don't remember." "You don't know your number?" "What are you, 12?" "You don't know your own phone number?" "Not this week." "Can't you call a cab?" "Think they'd take a card?" "Diner's Club?" "Are you kidding?" "What?" "The rates are terrific." "Jesus." "What do you people do when you get in trouble?" "Who do you normally call?" "Manager." "Agent!" "Hi." "It's me." "The other me." "Ye" "Oh." "Oh." "Okay." "Thank you." "Hi." "Is he in?" "Really?" "When?" "Oh." "Right." "Okay." "All right." "Yeah." "Thank you." "What?" "It's no good." "They're all gone." "It's a Jewish holiday." "Today?" "Tomorrow." "They've... stretched it." "Then who were you talking with?" "The, uh-- the switchboard." "So, everyone else?" "Gone." "They're all Jewish?" "They are today." "Look..." "I don't know what to tell you." "I got to be somewhere." "I'm-I'm already late." "And I got shit I got to do first, and" "And if I leave you, you're gonna get yourself killed." "I can't believe this." "Okay." "Shit." "Okay, we'll get you home." "But I got shit I got to do first, so... you're just going to have to come with me." "Hold this." "Ah, that's a hell of a trick." "Quick change between scenes." "Me, I can't put on two socks in an hour." "Oh, that's good on you, that blue." "That's my secret, you know?" "Brings out that youthful glow in you, blue does." "Huh, that's not after-school wear." "What, a quick stop at the Red Onion?" "Is that the action here?" "A little wrinkled here." "Oh, damn it!" "You forgot something." "What did you forget?" "Fucking keys." "You forgot your keys?" "Not mine." "You forgot somebody else's keys." "Whose keys did you forget?" "My ex-husband's." "Oh, you're not old enough to have an ex-husband." "How old are you?" "Twenty-five." "How old are you?" "Old enough to have an ex-husband." "So, you took his keys?" "His keys." "My car." "Ah." "How long were you married?" "Still am." "You're still" "Can't afford the divorce yet." "Ah." "Okay." "So, why the split?" "Well, what do-- what do you think?" "Uh, married too young or grew separately as people?" "What?" "He fucks other women and takes my car." "Got it." "Yo, ese!" "What's up, Hollywood?" "Hey, man!" "How you doing?" "Whoo hoo hoo!" "See that?" "Haven't done a movie in four years." "Ha!" "Star Mobile." "God, I feel at home already." "This your neighborhood?" "Nice." "Real... texture." "What do you think a place goes for around here?" "I always wanted to get a place, you know, in the city... that's just for meetings." "Where are we again?" "This your place?" "No." "No." "Oh, check stand number one." "I need my keys." "Hmm." "Tell Bobby I want my keys and the fucking cash he owes me." "Tell him yourself." "Damn, it stinks." "The manager." "What the fuck are you doing here?" "Hey, you're supposed to be on the floor." "Who the fuck is watching Lee?" "I don't know." "Why don't you call the manager?" "Give me my keys." "Who's this?" "This is" "Hey." "No, no." "I know who he is." "What the fuck is he doing here?" "Research." "Re-- research?" "What, on you?" "What are you, the new Ashley Judd?" "No, asshole." "It's a project." "Oh, a project, huh?" "Like a class project?" "No, it's nothing I've committed to yet." "I'm just-- just" "He can't get home, Bobby." "He needs a ride." "Give me my keys." "He can't call someone?" "They're all Jewish." "So they don't drive?" "Well, what she's trying to say is, um, I-I forgot the numbers." "See, we had a little security issue at home and we changed all the phones and" "Scarlet, Scarlet, what the fuck's with the getup?" "Huh?" "Don't-- don't tell me." "You're going on that fuckin' interview." "Interview?" "You've got an interview?" "Scar, baby, we talked about this." "Okay?" "You really think anybody's gonna take some grocery hump seriously?" "I mean, you've never even seen the inside of a fuckin' office." "I'm sorry." "I thought she was the grocery hump." "Hey, at least someone got pregnant." "That cash was mine." "Now give it to me and give me the keys to my car." "You know, I saw you walk out with that load under your arms the other night." "You're gonna pay that back, right?" "I did." "For three years." "Hey, Scarlet..." "how's the Green Card coming?" "Hey, Lorraine, have another beer for the baby, huh?" "Come on." "Come on, babe." "Give me my keys." "Bobby, give me the keys." "Hey, come on." "Don't." "Give me the keys." "Bobby, give me the keys." "Ow!" "Ow!" "What the fuck?" "Get the fuck off me!" "What?" "Mi dinero." "Ow!" "Ow!" "God damnit!" "Fuckin' bitch!" "Get off me!" "Get the fuck off me!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "That fuckin' hurts!" "That hurts!" "That hurts!" "Here, take it!" "Fucking get the fuck out!" "I'm all right." "Cabrón." "I'm all right, baby." "I'm good." "Th-- they're not armed, are they?" "You fuckin' bitch!" "Oh!" "Hoo!" "Oh, my." "Uh, maybe the prudent thing at this point is ask if you're, uh, okay to drive?" "You see an old Pontiac?" "Green, like her eyes?" "Uh..." "Yeah." "Right behind us." "Good." "No!" "You motherfucking cunt!" "You motherfucker!" "Fucker!" "What do you think?" "Go again?" "Fuck you!" "I-I'd say you're good." "Fuck you, you fucking bitch!" "Fuck you, bitch!" "You motherfucker!" "Aren't you going to do something, you fucking pussy?" "Get off the floor!" "Fucker!" "What?" "What's the matter?" "Look at this." "The whole thing was a mistake." "That's nothing." "Nothing." "This is a fix." "It's a-- it's a wardrobe change." "Don't worry about it." "What time was th-- the thing?" "Who's it with?" "Who" "What are we auditioning for?" "And how am I supposed to get you home?" "Fuck that." "That's later." "What time's the thing?" "At 4:00." "4:00." "All right." "We got to get out of here, 'cause we got time to stop and" "Come on, come on, come on!" "Let's hit it." "Okay, now, this is what, this interview?" "It's" "It's stupid." "Aw, come on now." "I don't know." "Secretary." "Perfect." "Office secretary." "Perfect." "It's, I don't know, construction company or something." "That's perfect." "That's" " You're perfect for it." "You don't even know me." "Let me tell you something." "I may not know my phone number." "I might not even know what fucking day it is, but I know people." "I mean, the minute I see somebody, I know how to cast them." "I see the role." "Don't you do that?" "Hmm?" "The minute I laid eyes on you, I said to myself," "D.A.'s office, E.R. intern, office manager." "Secretary." "Same thing, better billing." "I mean, I saw you four steps ahead of everybody else in that supermarket." "I saw you holding down the work of three people because you know you're better than everybody else." "Am I right?" "Huh?" "Huh?" "So what's a secretary but somebody who does the work of three people while some other schlub gets the credit?" "You know where we're headed here?" "No." "Then shouldn't we stop and... maybe ask for directions somewhere?" "No directions." "No directions." "I never ask for directions, okay?" "Ah, see?" "Perfect character choice." "Self-sufficiency." "Rely on no one." "You remember where you got this blouse?" "Uh..." "No." "Sí." "Well, yes or no?" "Quick." "Sí, I think so." "Okay, take us there." "Okay." "And don't stop for lights." "We got shit to do." "Let's get to work." "Okay." "This is amazing." "It's Target." "Fantastic." "Target team member to home furnishings." "Target team member to home furnishings, please." "May I have a Target team member in infant wear." "Please, a Target team member in infant wear." "Ooh, ooh, ooh!" "Tch." "Oh, no." "Look at these prices!" "Yeah." "How can they afford to do this?" "I have to tell the office about this place." "Hmm." "It's a well-kept secret." "Ah!" "What?" "Designer t-shirts, eight dollars?" "Do you know what this cost?" "Huh?" "You" " How much do you think this cost?" "Oh, it's La Perla maxi-blend, right?" "I'd say 80." "A hundred." "Oh." "A hundred." "Oh, that's pathetic." "You paid a hundred dollars for a t-shirt." "Oh, God, no." "Not me." "Wardrobe department, the last movie I was on." "I get all my underwear through them." "But let me show you what you're paying for." "What?" "Clint Eastwood taught me this." "See how the shirt cuffs right there at the middle of the muscle?" "Look at that." "Huh, see?" "Mm." "Makes me look 30, doesn't it?" "Huh?" "Taller?" "Why is it you people make all the money and work so hard not to spend it?" "Well, that's the game." "I haven't shopped retail in years." "You have to learn these things when you're younger." "Oh, my God." "Look at the thread count on these." " Magic Cloths two-pack for $21.99." "We're gonna go ahead and give you the second one for free." "Like I said, that's our standard package." "And until we run out of these mops, just let me know right now-- and I know you want one and you want one too-- we're gonna go ahead and give you that mop and that package" "absolutely free today as a bonus gift." "So, like I said, "buy one, get one" is our standard package until we run out of the mops." "Just let me know right now." "And I know you want one." "Here, we're gonna go ahead and give you that mop." "Mm-mm, no." "Mm-mm." "Mm, no, no, no." "What?" "The blue was working for you." "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." "What is wrong with this?" "Everything." "All right, forget the color." "Look at the shoulder construction." "You don't need help like that." "You've got fantastic shoulders." "You go in there with this, you'll look like a linebacker." "You're too young to remember that picture." "Spent months trying to make me look like a sister." "You think I can buy off the rack?" "Hell, no." "Couldn't even squeeze myself into a 14." "We had to do some very careful work." "By the time we were done, even the grips wanted to do me." "Here." "Try this on." "Mm-hmm." "Damn." "Oh, that is wonderful." "Wonderful." "Oh, the Mizrahi." "Very tasty." "Mm, might want to shorten the waist just a little." "Mm-hmm." "Dynamite." "Dynamite." "Look at you ladies." "You're gonna get some tonight, for sure." "Is there anyone you don't talk to?" "Why?" "I engage people." "I'm a connector." "Human interaction, it's the spice of life." "Pardon me, Tracey?" "Mm?" "That's my daughter's name." "Imagine that." "Same name as my daughter." "I bet they spelled it wrong too, didn't they?" "They forgot the E." "Well, Tracey with an E..." "What pretty eyes." "Where could we find the cosmetics department?" "Oh!" "No, no, no, no, no." "Now, now, a little schmutz isn't gonna hurt." "Pick up those eyes a little bit, hmm?" "Where?" "On the left, just past the auto parts." "Thank you." "I-I just love Barbershop." "So did I." "Now let's go raid the testers." "It's been years since I bought new makeup for my wife." "And the rest of this." "Hmm?" "How you plan on paying?" "Go ahead and say it." "Thank you, Diner's Club." "Once more." "Thank you, Diner's Club." "Good!" "Oh..." "What time is it?" "Never mind." "Never mind." "We're okay." "We'll have to do something here." "This is no good." "This is terrible." "What?" "We can't pull up to an audition looking like" "Interview." "Same pitch, better billing." "No, you've got to make an impression." "You pull up, you're on the runway before you can put it in park." "Oh, this is no good." "This is filthy." "It's a car." "It's your entrance." "Look, offices have windows." "Windows." "They see you coming, that's it; you're on." "Now, you cannot take the stage half-cocked." "We've got to get this to wardrobe." "Open up." "Open up." "Come on." "Which one's yours?" "That one's mine." "I mean, I'm with that one." "I got it." "I got it this time." "I got it." "All right." "Good job." "Thank you." "Come on."