"I'll give youthe Cowboys and three." " Three and a half." " Take three, be happy." "Three and a half." "I'm ecstatic." "Is this visit a one time shot or will yousurprise me all the time?" "If I said, it wouldn't be a surprise." "I'll buy youa beer." "Jake, sit down and play a game." "If I come up with a scoop on her, I get Dallas and three and a half." "If youcome up with anything on her, I'll give yousix." "Number 17 4, 63, 1503." "Pete, I don't want her zip code." "It's her social security number, asshole." "She works for you." "One cheese, medium." "Fries." "Two plain, rare, tomato and onions." "One pastrami on kaiser." "Mayo, no mustard." " What's a pimple on a Polack's ass?" " I need that B.L.T on rye, Richie." "A brain tumour." "What's this?" "Come on, Richie." "A lesbian with a hard-on." "I'm terrific, right?" "Youcan tell me." "I can take it." "Mayo, no mustard." "Can't yousee me opening up in L.A?" "Direct from Pittsburgh, it's Richie Blazik, ladies and gentlemen." "L.A?" "What's all this talk about L.A?" "You've been on the stage two times." "I give youtwo lousy shots and you're talking about going to L.A.!" "Come on." "What are you, crazy?" "Besides, you're too short anyway." "They don't let short people into Hollywood." "And you're making the hamburgers too big again." "Make 'em smaller." "I'll give yousmall." "This place is so small youhave to go outside to change your mind." "My turn." "Ring, damn you." "I can't believe he didn't call." " He'll call." " Do youthink so?" " Of course." "Why wouldn't he?" " Yeah, why wouldn't he!" "Maybe he'll call, I don't know." "When I talked to him, he seemed funny." "Like, "I'll call youlater, babe."" "I don't think he'll call." " Don't worry, he'll call." " Youreally think so?" " Why wouldn't he?" " You're right." "He'll call." "If he doesn't call, should I call him?" "He'll call." "I love how youalways try to straighten out other people's lives." "Any time youwant me to straighten out yours, let me know." "Personally, I never call." "Because I don't have to." " But if youwant my advice..." " Not really." " Hi, girls!" " Hi, Richie." " Can I help?" "A foot massage?" " Get out of here!" " It's been long since he's had some." " I bet." "Hi." "Hi." "Do youread lips?" "What?" "I saw youdance last night." " I just wanted to say hi." " Hi." "You're Alex." "I know." " I'm Nick Hurley." " Really?" "I've seen your name on my pay cheques." "What's a dancer doing working as a welder?" "A girl's got to make a living." " Youspeak French?" " No." "I just like the pictures." "Me too." " Nick." "They need youon ten." " I'll be right there." " Youread Vogue?" " I used to." "My wife does." "I mean, my ex-wife." "I'm divorced." "We're divorced." "Sorry." "Listen, I got to get to work." "Younever know when the boss is going to be around." "Youforgot your thermos." "Hi, Grunt." "So, did youget laid today?" "And now, news headlines with Kevin Evans." "Good evening." "In the news, a fire caused extensive damage to the High View Lumber Company, a dairy store and an American Motors dealership in McDonald," "Washington County, this morning..." "Putting youdown to deal with Dallas." "Do we have a deal?" "I got to go." "I have a call coming up." "Disconnecting..." "Shit!" "Ex cuse me." "Do youknow where the admissions office is?" "The door on the left." " Come on, where is the focus?" " Where is it?" "Where is the centre?" "Look up." "When youfill out..." "When youfill out this application, be sure and list all your years of dance education." "Starting with the most recent place you've studied, and the number of years at each institution." "Also, if youhave any professional or other repertory experience, please, list those." "When youfill out this application, be sure to list all your years of dance education." "And the number of years you've spent at each institution." " I got to go, youguys." " See you, Alex." "Don't get dirty." " Hello, dancer." " Hi." " Want a hand?" " No, thanks." "Youknow, I have this close, personal relationship with the lady who drives the lunch truck." "I can get her to make us anything we want." " As long as it's on the menu." " I'm not having lunch." " How about dinner?" " I can't." "I don't have dinner with the boss." "Thanks anyway." "No lunch, no dinner." "How about a snack?" "Milk and cookies?" "I love this dress." "It's exactly like the picture I showed you." "Thanks so much for making it." "Now, more important, did yougo to the repertory?" "I meant to." "I was going to go yesterday, but I didn't have time." " Youmust make the time, child." " I know." "Remember the first time youtook me to see them dance?" "I have dreams about it." "Dreaming is wonderful, but it won't get youcloser to what youwant." "But I've saved money, so if they take me, I can support myself." "But, child, they won't take you unless youapply and audition." " I know, but sometimes..." " Alexandra, youare 18 years old." "Do it now!" "Do it!" "OK." "Youare a good girl." "May the Lord be in your heart and mind that youconfess your sins in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit." "Bless me father, for I have sinned." "It's been two weeks since my last confession." "I'm doing OK." "Sort of." "I've been thinking about sex a lot." "But youcan't help thinking about sex." "Youprobably can..." "Help it, I mean." "Also, I told a lie." "I had to..." "Well, I didn't have to, but..." "All I wanted to do is to make her happy." "Hanna wanted me to get the application." "I couldn't tell her that I didn't have the courage to go through with it." "If youhad seen all those dancers..." "There is no way I belong there." "I want to make something out of my life." "I want to do so much, and sometimes..." "Sometimes I think that it's just not going to happen." "Six beautiful girls!" "All nude!" "Hi, baby, how are youdoing?" "Five dollars, right this way!" "Five dollars!" "All nude all the time!" "All nude, all the time!" "Cecil, look at you." "Buy some threads, I'm running a class act here." "Youlook like a one-man-slum." "All nude, all the time!" "Right here, live!" "Six beautiful girls!" "Right here!" "Live!" "Five dollars!" "Right this way!" "Five dollars!" "Live!" "Nude!" "All girls, all the time!" "Live!" "Nude!" "Right this way!" "Right through the door!" "Straighten yourself up." "Attract some customers." "Well, well, well, what are these?" "They are very cute." "Very, very cute." "Alex!" "Come on, give them back." "They are Richie's." "My dad's breathing down my neck." "He says Richie is no good." "If he ain't asked me to marry him by now, he ain't gonna." "No kidding!" "Did it take youlong to learn howto dance that way?" "About 25 years." " Will youteach me how?" " Yeah." " If youteach me howto skate." " Yeah." "Good evening, ladies." "Look at that. $21 321, all leather, push-buttons." "Youwanna go for a ride?" "Jeanie, are youstill fuckin' that cook?" "Listen." "Come see my club." "I just put this new PA system in." "The floor's lit up where you're going to dance." "I want youto see what you're going to call home." "Did youknowthat the smallest penis ever measured was 1.1 inches?" "Youare some pair of cunts!" "I can't believe I'm working out with this hangover." "Wait." "I've lost my keys." "I can't believe this." " Hank!" "Youmoron!" " Come on, let's go work out." "He didn't call." "He'll call." "I don't think so, Alex." "He'll call, Tina." " I don't know." " Look." "Just call the man." "Say, "Hey, baby, what's happening?"" "Your life's going to be over before youmake up your mind." "Just get up and call the dude." "Yeah?" "Youreally think so?" "God, I'm glad I ain't no honky." "Yougirls eat like pigs." "What happened to the diet?" "I didn't eat anything yesterday." "We'll go over to the rink and work it off." "Richie going to be there?" "There's a real winner." "No, we're gonna work." " She thinks she'll be on the ice show." " What's wrong with that?" " I'd make a lot of money." " You're costing me a lot of money." "I'd just like to try it again, Daddy." "She's really good." "Youought to see her." " She'll fall on her ass." " She's got a tough ass." "Yeah, I've got a tough ass." "It's not her ass I'm worried about." "Where are you?" "Come here." "Here we go." "No, don't." "Youlook great." "Don't stop." "Do it again!" "Shit, I can't do this." "No, go do your turn." "Do youknowthe triple one?" "Hi." "I'm Richie Blazik." "Hi." "I'm Richie Blazik." "Did youhear about the Polack bank robber?" "He tied up the safe, blewthe guard." "Tied up the safe, blewthe guard." "Tied up the safe and blewthe guard." "Kid!" "Come here." "Come here!" " What's the matter?" " I'm nervous, Jake." "Now youain't nervous any more." "Now you're pissed off." "Good luck, baby." "Hi." "How are youdoing?" "I'm Richie Blazik." "Did youhear about the Polack bank robber?" "He tied up the safe and blewthe guard." "So, the lady says to the waiter," ""Ex cuse me, sir, do youhave frogs legs?"" "The waiter says, "No, that's just the way I walk."" "Youwant to talk about boogers?" "I know a lot about them." "How about boogers?" "Sports for fifty?" "What's a pimple on a Polack's ass?" "A brain tumour." "Take a walk!" "Bring on the bimbos." "Come on, guys." "Could yougive me a break?" "I'm just a cook." "I'm just a cook, all right?" "This is my big chance, so if youscrew it up for me," "I'll put cockroaches in your hamburgers, yougot it?" "Miracles do happen, I guess." "It took the Steelers 40 years to win a championship, didn't it?" "Steelers!" "I feel like Franco Harris when he made the Immaculate Reception." "It was amazing!" "Hear about the Polack, who locked his keys in the car?" "He used a coat hanger to get his family out." "Did youhear about the Polack who died drinking milk?" "The cowfell on him." "A Polish terrorist tried to blow up a car and he burned his lips on the exhaust pipe." "Youguys have been real nice." "I've gotta go cook the hamburgers." "No roaches, I promise." "Let me bring out our next act." "Direct from Mawby's." "It's Tina Tech, ladies and gentlemen." "One, two, three, four!" "Alex, sit down here a minute." "Cecil, this is a nice ass." "Soft..." "Round." "Snug." "She likes it." "Bimbo!" "Whore." "Fuck off!" "Night, kids." " Night." " Night, Jake." "Richie, no more jokes about cockroaches." "One of these days I want to be like..." "Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin." " Until that day comes..." " You'll just steal all their material." " Alex." " Let me go." " What are youdoing?" " Nothing to fight about." " We're gonna go to Cecil's place." " Let me go!" "Drink a little wine." "Do a little weed." "Youand me." "How about Cecil?" "Youlike Cecil?" " Get off of me!" " All three of us, real friendly." "Why don't youleave her alone!" "The comedian is going to be a hero." "Cecil, what the fuck is wrong with you?" "Let her go, Johnny." "What are youdoing here, Nick?" "Slumming?" "This ain't your neighbourhood no more." "I didn't mean nothing." "I just got pissed off." " Send me a bill, kid." " Let me see." " Is it bleeding?" "Jesus." " Yeah." "Come on." "Here's your hat." " Are youOK?" " Yeah." " Are yousure?" " I'm OK." "It'll look good on stage." " It's going to be fine." " Are yousure?" " Sure you're going to be OK?" " Yeah, fine." "Listen, what can I say?" "Thanks a lot." "I'll give youa lift home." "It's OK." "I've got a ride." "Thanks anyway." " What's his name?" " Grunt." " Grunt?" " Yeah." "I can see that I don't have to worry about you." "What was he before he became a dog?" "He gets upset when people he doesn't knowfollow me home." "This is the man that feeds you, Grunt." "Tell youwhat..." "I'll bring him a doggy bag if you'll have dinner with me." "I told youl don't think it's a good idea to go out with the boss." "OK." "Have it your way." "You're fired." "I'll pick youup tomorrow at eight." "How long does this thing last?" "It's cold." " How's the nose?" " It's broken." "Broke mine three times." "It was big in the '50s, wasn't it?" "Busting noses?" "'60s." "Think she can beat her?" "Miss Szabo." "You're going to do great." "Go Jeanie!" "Come on!" "Look at that one." "There youwere 20 years ago, sweetheart." "There we go." "Come on." "Come on, Jeanie!" "Get up, Jeanie." "It's going to be OK." "All that time and practice." "What a waste." " Goddamn waste of time." " It was not." "It wasn't." "Youwent out there, didn't you?" "At least youhad the guts to try." "How are youdoing, sport?" "I'm sorry, Daddy." "I love youmore than I've ever loved anything in my whole life." "What the hell." "Youbounced pretty good." "She practised for two years." " She'll do better next time." " There won't be any next time." "Thank you." "What do youfeel like, fish, chicken, steak?" " I knowthis terrific little..." " Pizza." "...Pizza place." " Youreally live here?" " Yeah." "It used to be a warehouse before I moved in." "It's different." "Very different." "A whole lot different than where I'm from." "Where is that?" "Altoona, Pennsylvania." "Altoona." "I was thinking more along the lines of Jupiter." "Actually, they're very close." "It's just the next lifeless planet over." "Really, it was boring." "Ex cept for maybe music." " They have music in Altoona?" " Well, my father, he loves music." "This one time, he took us all to the symphony, my whole family." "It was supposed to be this really big deal." "At first I didn't like it very much." "There is nothing to do with your feet and there's nothing to look at." "It's boring." "I was ready to nod out, or something." "He said, "If youclose your eyes, youcan see the music."" "Youcan, too." "Did youever try?" "See the music?" "Come on, try." "Close your eyes." "Well?" "Well..." "I had a great time." "It was a terrific evening." "Don't youwant some pizza?" "Hey!" "A little late, aren't you?" "What was that for?" "I wanted to see howfast youcould run." " How did I do?" " Fair." "Do that again." " What?" " That dance step youjust did." "I can't, I was just fooling around." "I'm not a dancer like that." " What do youmean?" " I've never studied before." "I mean, I read books and stuff and I watch." "But I've never taken dance classes." "There's all those dancers in one room watching each other and watching you." "But youdance in front of an audience at the club every night." "It's different." "I never see them." "Yougo out there, the music starts and youbegin to feel it." "And your body just starts to move." "I know it sounds really silly." "But something inside of you just clicks." "Youjust take off and you're gone." "It's like you're somebody else for a second." "Some nights, I..." "Some nights I just can't wait to get out there..." "Just so I can disappear." "How come youdon't go up there and dance?" "Youlook like youcould dance real good." "I'm practising." "Yeah?" "Youknow howto do the horizontal mambo?" "Jeanie, I just kid around." "I don't mean nothing." "Keep that." "That's $100." "I can't take this." "Keep it." "It's my way of saying I'm sorry." "Thanks." "Hanna!" "Hanna!" "Darling, here youare." "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "At the end of every performance, does the lead dancer always get flowers?" " Always." " Did youget flowers like that?" " Not always." " But once, right?" "At least once?" " How does that make youfeel?" " Youwill let me know." " Now, sleep well." " Youtoo." "Youson of a bitch!" "Was that you or the radiator, Grunt?" "Oh, shit." "Shut up, Grunt." " Hey, it's Richie!" " Hi." "The stupid radiator broke." " I just wanted to say goodbye." " Where are yougoing?" "L.A." " L.A?" " Got my car all packed." "I'm just going to get on the turnpike." "That's it." "I'm gone." "What about Jeanie?" "Look, I love Jeanie." "But I don't have it to give to her right now." "She's going to be all right." "She'll be fine." "Don't go yet." "I'll make some coffee, we can talk." "What am I going to do here?" "Cook hamburgers and pretend I'm a comedian?" "I'll miss you." "Can't forget my hat." "Good luck." "Give me a turkey sandwich and a diet 7-Up." " I've got that." " Save your money." " I was buying youlunch." " I don't want youbuying me anything." " I don't want youbuying me, period." " What's the matter?" " I've got eyes." " What are youtalking about?" "I didn't know youwere a ballet fan, I thought youliked it private." "What?" "How quickly they forget." "At the dance benefit." "The blonde in the white dress." "Who's the goddamn blonde?" "Blonde?" "Blonde?" "Wait a minute." "Will youwait a minute?" "Wait a minute!" "What's going on?" "Is everybody crazy?" "Last night, some idiot throws a rock through my window..." " I broke your fucking window!" " Youwhat?" "Youheard me." "I smashed your stupid window." "Are youcrazy?" "Are youout of your mind?" "Maybe." "It cost me a $170." "I had to special order it." "You've got the money!" "Go fuck the blonde!" "She's my ex-wife." "We have friends on the Arts Council." "I see her once a year to take her to the stupid benefit!" "Why am I explaining myself?" "Youdidn't have to break my window." "I did it because...youpissed me off." "When I was a kid all I wanted was to afford to eat in restaurants like this." "Were youpoor?" "I was so poor I had hand-me-down lunches." "It was rough in the old days." "I used to steal hubcaps with Johnny C." "Youdid?" "How's the lobster?" "It sucks." "Want some of mine?" "I'm not hungry, thanks." "Whatever turns youon." "What turns youon?" "Youlike phone booths?" "Phone booths?" "Youprobably just like doing it in bed, right?" " Youtwo look cosy." " Alex, this is Katie." "Hello." "Nick has told me all about you." "Hi." " You're not really a welder, are you?" " Yes, I really am." "And youreally take your clothes off at night?" " I don't really take them off." " I was under the impression that youdid." "Youlook great." "Youdidn't look this good when we were married." " It was the company I was keeping." " That was good." "That's funny." "Has he taken youto the steel mill?" "He likes to go there on his first date." " That was your first date, wasn't it?" " Yeah, it was." "As a matter of fact..." "I fucked his brains out." "Obviously, youdid." "Charmed, dear." "Youloved her once, didn't you?" "I thought I did in the beginning." "She was different from anyone I had gone out with before, she was..." "Well educated." "Came from a real good family." "I figured that I had really made it." "And one day, I realised that..." "I'd just taken the safe route." "When I realised that, it made it easier for me to do what I had to do." "What was that?" "Let go." "Start over again." "Figure out what it was I wanted to do and go after it." "Yougot it, didn't you?" "How did youdo it?" "I took a deep breath and jumped." "Hello." "I'd like to apply for admission to the Repertory Company." "When youfill out this application, write down all your years of previous dance training." "Starting with the last school youattended." "I knowthat part." "Auditions are by invitation only and are performed before the committee and select members of the Repertory Company." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Good morning." "Good morning." "May I help you?" "Yes." "There was a young woman here a short time ago, wearing an army jacket." "She was here." "I was talking to her... about admission to the Repertory Company." "Mr Bradley, please." "Nick Hurley." "Larry!" "Hey." "Great." "Great." "Listen, are youstill on the Arts Council?" "I need a favour for a special friend." "He called." "Trick or treat?" "Hey, throwthat bum out!" "I told youthey didn't like short people down there." "Richie!" "Richie!" " Did youcheck out the clubs there?" " Yeah." " Come on, what happened?" " One of them offered me a job." "That's great." "As a waiter." "I said, "Me, a waiter?" "Yougot to be crazy." ""I can't take a job as a waiter." "I'm a cook."" "Hi, Richie." "Hi, Jeanie." " I missed you." " All those girls out there?" "There were no girls out there." "That's why youcalled me every night?" "Hey, it's the cook!" "Or is it the comedian?" "Nice suit, Richie." " Let's go, Jeanie." " See youlater, Richie." "See youaround." "The audition!" "I got it!" "I got it!" "Nick, wait up!" " Look!" "Wait!" " What's going on?" " Read it." " What?" "I got the audition, look." "I applied for the Repertory Company." "Youhave to be invited before youcan audition and they invited me." "That's wonderful." "We have to do something about it." "When?" " How about tonight?" " Yes." "Hanna?" "Hanna?" "Well..." "I did it." "I knew youwould." "Congratulations." "I'm so ex cited I can't stop shaking." "But what if I don't make it?" "Youwill." "I know youwill." "What would I do without you?" "I loved the dinner." "And I loved the way they sat us right away." "I loved that there were 50 people waiting and we just whizzed in." "I called the restaurant last night... and told them it was a very special occasion." "What do youmean youcalled them last night?" " Stop the car." " Why?" "Stop the goddamn car!" "Youcalled them last night but I didn't tell you I got the audition until this morning." "So howthe hell did youknow?" " Listen." " Friends on the committee?" "Asshole!" "Stop the car!" " Alex!" " Let me go." "Youhave no right to help me!" "I don't want youto help me!" "You're going to get yourself killed!" "All I did was to make a phone call." "I got youthe audition, the rest is up to you." "The whole thing has to be up to me!" "I'm not going to the audition!" "Good evening, Mawby's." " Is Jeanie there?" " Alex, where have youbeen all week?" "Come on, Jake, I don't want to hear it." "Is she there?" "She doesn't work for me any more." "She's over at the Zanzibar." " What?" " Youheard me." "Come on, Jeanie." "We're getting out of here." "No!" "Alex!" "Alex!" "Jesus Christ!" "Alex!" "What the fuck!" "What are youdoing?" "Youwant to make a living rolling around on your back?" "I make good money." "I thought youwanted to be a dancer." "Youcall that dancing?" " What's this shit?" " Stop it, that's mine." "Why did youcome here?" "Because you're my friend." "Jerk!" " I'm cold." " So am I." " Youdon't say hello?" " No." "Youdidn't show up at work, I was worried about you." " Youlook like shit." " Thanks a lot." "You're welcome." "Listen, I didn't come here to fight, I came to see if youwere OK." "Forget it, it doesn't matter." " What doesn't matter?" " The audition." "I don't care." " Youdo care." " I don't care." "If youcan't be honest with yourself, youcan't with me." "I don't need youtelling me what to do." "I don't need to hear your shit." "I'm not a baby!" "Get out of here!" "Go play with your fucking Porsche." "What youneed is a kick in the ass." "You're not grown-up enough to smoke." "The truth is, you're scared shitless of going to that place, aren't you?" " I am not." " Yes, youare." "You're using me as an ex cuse not to go." "Get out." "You're just going to piss it all away, Alex." "Don't youunderstand?" "When yougive up your dream, youdie." "See you." "Hanna?" "Hanna?" "Hanna?" "Hanna?" "Hanna?" "She died." "Yesterday." " Where have youbeen?" " No place." " What are youdoing?" " Getting my stuff." "What are yougetting your stuff for?" "If it's that bad, why don't you slit your wrists and get it over with?" "I thought nothing ever got youdown." "Youknow, when I started out, I was 17." "I used to work in these old movie theatres." "Every cent I had, I spent on costumes." "I had more fancy costumes and dresses than youdo." "When I went on that stage I was looking so good." "One day I just stopped buying them." "I don't even know what happened." "I thought about it a lot." "I just can't seem to pin it down." "The dresses got old and I just stopped wearing them." "I got some in a trunk." "I'll show yousometime." "OK." "What the hell." "It's showtime." "May the Lord be in your heart and mind that youconfess your sins in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit." "Bless me father for I have sinned." "It's been a long time since my last confession." "I want..." "I want so much." "Can I start again?"