"Tenminutesto curtain." "Tenminutes." "All the world-- all the world is a stage." "And all the men and women... merely players." "They have exits." "And they have their entrances." "And they have their exits." "And they have their entrances." "And one man in his time plays many parts." "His acts being seven ages." "Do you believe that?" "Was that real for you?" "No, be honest." "Was it honest?" "Yes, it was, wasn't it?" "No, it wasn't." "It wasn't honest?" "Well, what was it then?" "No, not very good, no." "I don't believe it." "Should I try it again?" "The world is a stage and all men and women merely players." "How about that?" "Any better?" "They have their exits and their entrances." "Were you affecting it or were you really saying it?" "And one, a man in his life plays many parts." "Did that mean anything to you or anyone that ever existed in the world?" "Are you fooling yourself?" "Were you not committing to your own instincts?" "What are you supposed to do?" "Jump up and down?" "You know, do a jig?" "Just say your words." "Shakespeare will do the rest." "You know that." "Fiveminutes." "Five minutes." "Five minutes." "My face of masks." "My tragedy and my comedy." "Let's put these together tonight, buddy." "I love you both." "Seven ages." "There are seven ages." "First... his acts being seven ages." "Then the-- the whining school boy." "And the whining..." "Sighing like an, oh, sighing... like a furnace." "What is a man?" "No, that's Hamlet." "Hello?" "Oh, no." "Open!" "Oh!" "Thank God." "I just was-- I was just in here." "I was-- I got locked out." "I didn't see you come out." "I'm Simon Axler." "No, you're not." "I'm Simon Axler." "I have the dressing room upstairs." "Do you need a dollar or something?" "I'm in the play!" "Shh." "I got to be on stage." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "You got to let me through." "No, no, no." "I'm in there." "I'm supposed to be on stage." "The play has already started." "You're going to have to" "I'm in the play!" "Keep your voice down." "I'm Simon Axler." "I'm on the marquee." "I'm in the lobby." "The picture-- like this." "Dressed like this." "I'm in the show." "Why would I be dressed like this?" "Please." "Uh-uh." "No, no, no." "Outside." "I'mSimonAxler." "I'mSimonAxler." "I'mintheplay." "Allmen--allmen" "Andallwomen-- areplayers." "Allmen--they're-- theyareplayers." "They--they-- theyhave" "I'monthemarquee." "Iplaythelead." "I'mSimonAxler." "Threeminutes." "Huh?" "Did I miss my cue?" "I missed my cue." "There is not one so young and  so villainous this day living." "Iamheartilyglad Icamehithertoyou." "I'llgivehimhis payment." "Godtakeyourworship." "30 seconds." "IhopeIshallsee anendof him." "Formysoul, yetI knownotwhy , hatesnothingmore" "The last scene of all... that ends this... strange eventful history... is second childishness... and mere oblivion... sansteeth... sans eyes... sans taste... sans everything." "Thefamouspianist, sometimesactor, andbrilliantraconteur" "OscarLevantoncesaid," ""Thereisathinline  betweengeniusandinsanity."" "Andhehaderasedthat line ." "Ow, ow!" "In a few minutes, we'll get you something for the pain." "Did you believe that, that moan I just did, about my pain?" "Did you believe that?" "I did." "I didn't." "Can I try that again?" "I think it can be a little more subtle." "Ready?" "Ow!" "No, that's too much." "I can bring it down a little bit." "Asanactor..." "I've come the realization that I'm having trouble separating a scene from a play with the realities in real life." "I was out one day." "I was out, I think." "Did you believe that, what I just did?" "What I just said?" "I thought I did that one." "Let me say it as clearly as possible." "I will never go on stage again." "Ilovethishouse." "14years,it ... still... looks like you haven't moved in." "Oh, you... you'll get some rest." "Please don't say that." "I don't sleep." "You know that." "I don't sleep." "So you don't have to say," ""Get some sleep."" "Well, you know... you'll call me... if you-- if you get any bad ideas." "Well,whenIgot home aftertheaccident, at the theater, I never" "I couldn't remember what happened." "ThenI realizedthat 16dayshadgoneby." "Idon'trecollectanything thathappenedin thosedays." "Anddidthatscareyou?" "No,itdidn't." "Atthetime,but now ," "Idon'tknow whenI thinkaboutit." "It's concerning." "Youknow,Ididn't havefriends,really." "Ididn'thave peopleI could..." "Icouldtalkto." "Nofamily,of course." "Maybe" "I don'tknow howthathappened." "Nochildren." "Nowife." "Ialwayswondered whyI hadashotgun." "And it that moment, I realized it." "It was because of Hemingway." "Hemingway blew his brain's out  witha shotgun." "Thathadto be  theonlyreasonIhadit." "BecauseI 'mnotagun person." "Hemingwaymust havehadlongerarms." "Jerry." "Sorry to call you this late." "It's Simon." "I think I'm in some kind of trouble." "Yeah." "And that's how we met." "We're going to keep you pretty busy here" " over the next 30 days." " I like busy." " Do I have a room?" " Yes, you've got a nice room." "Isitasingleroom ?" "AmI alone?" "Itwillbe adoubleroom  forthefirstweek." "Adoubleroom?" "Oh,I don'tknowaboutthat ." "But look, I'm famous, you know?" "And I'm sorry, I know, maybe you don't know who I am, but I'm famous." "And I" "You got to not do that, doc, because that just is upsetting to me." "Not do what?" "Write when I talk." "It's like, you're doing a play, and all of a sudden the audience is writing in the program." "That's why I hate opening nights because the fucking critics go in there, they're writing, they're writing in their pads, and writing everywhere and you see them." "You don't like it when people write things?" "Yeah, well, it bothers me." "Hello, Oliver." "How are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Oh, these will help you sleep." "No, no, that doesn't work." "No, trust me." "These are different." "Acting is what I do." "It always came easy to me." "I never had a problem with it." "You know, it was just like..." "They say, "To the men are born."" "I was born with it." "I love the stage." "I love being on the stage." "I was always, like, myself." "You know, and I was very... natural, you know." "It was like home, being on the stage." "The fall was a gradual one." "I think it really started when I lost track of... what I would call my craft." "There are a lot of things, you know, you can deal with, but your craft, I mean, it's sort of like a musician losing to ability to... to play the keys." "I know it's happened to great musicians before, but... how about losing your ear?" "And I don't mean like Beethoven, I mean, like... that's what I felt about losing... my-- my gift... my talent." "It just started to recede." "Mainly the desire, I think." "The appetite to do it started to... fade, or..." "I don't know." "I lost track of it." "Anyway, you know, you... you're not prepared for that kind of thing." "It sort of-- the writing's on the wall for other things, like you're going to lose your friends." "You know, what do they say about athletes?" "First their legs go, their knees, then their money goes, then their friends go." "So, you know that stuff, but... the inability to... remember words..." "How did that happen?" "I mean, I actually would be in a play, just the other day... and I..." "I would be saying lines from a play I did ten years ago, which was a totally different play." "And of course, that's really unsettling." "Theaudiencesstartto..." "I'm not alone here." "You're listening to what I'm saying." "Does this interest you in any way?" "So I can go on?" "I feel like I'm... hogging everything here." "I don't know what else I can say except that it got really bad, worse and worse." "When the audiences started..." "When the audiences started to, you know, recede and not want to... participate with me..." "anymore." "Sensing what was happening... it was just too much to take." "I..." "I just didn't..." "I lost something that I had all my life." "It was gone." "Like, just gone, like magic." "And I..." "I couldn't have even conceived of something like that happening, so... what to do?" "What to do?" "Wouldyoumind cleaningthetables?" "Yes." "Okay." "First,leaveme my drink." "Whatiswrongwithyou?" "Thisisno good,you see ." "Excusemesir,we'redoing asurveyon reactions." "Wouldyouliketotake part ?" "Yeah,sure." "Thankyou." "That'stwopoints." "Haveyoueverdone anythinglikethisbefore?" "No,never." "Thankyouverymuch." "Doyoulikeit?" "That'sanother twopoints." "Simon,wouldyoubefree  latertodayforachat ?" "Oh, I have other plans." "Uh..." "You know, I might be able to fit you in next Thursday." "Thursday." "I was just joking." "Only joking." "Oh." "Of course I'll be able to have a chat with you." "That was so convincing." "I was the perfect wife for the perfect 20th century," "East Coast, Ivy-league educated, well-respected, wealthy husband." "Our house was just outside the city." "It was the perfect place for us to celebrate our perfect lives." "And we have two... perfect children." "We have a five-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl to fit into our perfect lives." "Then one afternoon," "I went into the city to do some shopping and halfway there I realized that I had left my wallet back at the house, and so I drove back home." "I could only see the top of my little girl's head from the back of the sofa and the TV was on and the Saturday cartoons were playing, but that's what she would have been watching under any circumstances." "I'm sorry, are you following me?" "Oh, yeah." "Sure." "So everything was in order except I had to wonder why the little cotton underpants were lying on the arm of the couch." "Now you probably see where I'm going with this, but when I got to the back of the couch and I looked over," "I was not prepared to see my rich and powerful husband's head out of sight and under my little girl's skirt." "Youknow,it 'saterrible thingtosay,Iknow , butwhileshe'stalking, allI 'mthinkingaboutis maybethisis somekind oftest,youknow, likethey'retestingme toseeif Ibuy thisstuff." "Is this going to make me better?" "I mean, is this part of the therapy?" "You know... the sick talking to the sicker." "And I made some kind of noise, and my husband's head appeared from... from-- from where it had been, and he looked at me, and he says," ""Oh, hi." "Aren't you off to the city?"" "And I stood there frozen, my heart turning over, and my throat burning... and I had nothing to say." "Nothing." "Theresheis  pouringherheartout  andallIcan doisthink  abouthowshe'sdoingit." "Imean, howshe'sperformingit." "Idon'tknow, I would have" " I would have...  been a little bit more emotional at this point," "I had to remove myself." "You know what I'm saying?" "AndI 'mwatchingher likeI 'mwatching aTennesseeWilliamsplay." "I need someone to kill my husband." "Didyouaskifshewasever under psychiatric care before?" "No." "Weren'tyoucurious?" "Well, to be honest, it never entered my mind." "I'm sure you can find-- you'll be able to find somebody that can do that." "Well, you." "If I was a killer, I would tell you this." "I'd do it pro bono." "I'd do it, but, you know," "I'm an out-of-work actor." "I'd botch the job, I'm sure." "So, you know..." "Are you serious?" "Are you serious?" "Yeah." "I mean, of course I'm willing to pay." "Oh, no." "Sybil, Sybil, listen." "Whenyoudo aplay, doyoueverask about thecharacter's background,past?" "Of course, yeah." "Butnotin reallife?" "I saw you in that film about the man who slaughters all his neighbors." "Yeah, murders the neighbor next door." "Yeah." "You were so convincing." "That was a fiction, Sybil." "Fiction." "You can't just go around asking people if they'd kill your husband for you." "It's not done." "It's socially..." "Socially awkward." "You know?" "But you're not." "You're not people, Simon." "What?" "You're my friend." "Yum, yum, yummy." "I lost my talent for no good reason and now just as arbitrarily," "I'm losing the desire to kill myself." "Or it's-- I mean, I lost it." "The most important thing is you're leaving here a stronger man." "And remember, we'll continue our private sessions on Skype." "Oh,yeah,Igot that inmyhead,you know." "Yeah." "Good." "Alltheinstructions inmyhead." "Well,youknow, mybigworryisthat  every time I see a camera," "I sort of, you know, I feel the need to perform." "It's a habit." "Don'texpectanyapplause." "It'sjustus ." "Hi." "Hi." "May I help you?" "You don't remember me?" "Oh, man, you're kidding." "Little Pegeen." "How are you?" "Come on in." "Wow." "It's a delivery from my parents." "Oh, gee, thanks." "Wow." "God." "I still have this image of you sucking at your mother's breast." "Pure class." "Well..." "You know, when I was, like, 8 and you were, like, 40," "I had a massive crush on you?" "You did?" "Whoa." "Big time." "Well..." "Look at you now." "Yeah." "Do I have something on my face or do you always space out in the direction of people you haven't seen in a while?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I was staring, wasn't I?" "I was a little lost." "I'm sorry." "Simon Axler, whose presence in a room is as dazzling as his presence on stage." "Simon Axler, with the charisma that kills." "What happened?" "Did you get shot?" "What brings you here?" "I live near you now." "I teach at Westcott." "You teach?" "At Westcott Women's College?" "Yeah." "There." "Theater, acting, scenic design." "Family trade." "Precisely." "You know, your mother and I co-starred when she played" "Pegeen Mike at the Bramford Theater." "Yes, I know." "I've heard all of the stories." "Old theater friends." "Long before my time." "So..." "Do you remember the last time you saw me?" "Yes." "You must have been 10, 11 years old." "You remember what you gave me?" "I gave you the wedding ring I wore in Streetcar." "I slept with that wedding ring under my pillow for" "What?" "I thought that it meant that you would marry me." "But then a couple of decades went by and you never showed up." "Well, you all moved 3,000 miles away, you know." "So, tell me, how are you parents doing?" "I don't know." "I mostly try to avoid them." "Why?" "They don't approve of who I'm living with." "Oh, yeah?" "Who is he?" "What is he?" "It's a she." "She?" "Whoa." "Well, that's okay." "Great." "Shit." "I got to take this shit." "Sorry." "Okay." "Hello?" "Oh, hi, yeah." "No, I just" " I stopped by his house and we talked." "Yes, we're talking." "We're talking." "No, I just got back." "It's a nice house." "It's a really nice house." "Because basically it's none of your goddamn business, okay?" "Okay, I'll talk to you when I talk to you." "I'll talk to you when I talk to you." "Okay, bye." "Oh, God." "Everything all right?" "Yeah, it's just someone's freaking out about casting for Tuesday." "Oh." "This is Sunday." "I know." "They were just being annoying." "Yeah." "Oh, you know, maybe you could help." "We're doing a contemporary adaptation of Macbeth and I cannot think of another actor" "No." "Mm-mm." "I'd like to try it out on more than you." "Not a good idea." "Why not?" "I get anxious." "And here I was thinking you were getting back your killer charisma." "Oh, no." "This is all very unlike you." "It is?" "Yeah." "You know what's like me?" "Yeah, I'm starting to figure it out." "Well..." "We should get this to run all over the house." "Want to stay for dinner?" "Yeah, okay." "Okay." "Oh!" "Oh, no." "It's okay." "Oh, the waiter in me." "Have some." "Wow." "We're brilliant engineers" "And we didn't even have to employ abused labor." "So, what happened with your acting?" "I don't know." "Just it's just too tedious to discuss." "Well, did something happen or did you retire?" "Would you-- please don't ask me about that." "You know, I've been really... spending, like, 30 days talking about nothing else, so..." "Okay, well..." "if we could just, you know." "What do you want to talk about?" "Well, there's the... the signing of" "I thought you slept with women." "I do." "Whatdoyouthinkofher?" "Well, she's my friend's daughter." "And she's a lesbian." "You never been with a man?" "Not in 16 years." "Oh, well..." "I haven't been with a lesbian in 67 years." "That you know of." "Flirtatious lesbian, I might add." "However that's possible." "You..." "I don't know what to say." "You're a-- you're with a woman now?" "Yeah." "Kind" "Yeah, pretty much." "Whydoyou-- whydoyousay that?" "Well,she'salesbian andshe'sflirtingwithme." "Doesn't bother you, the age difference?" "I have been thinking about you inappropriately since it was really inappropriate." "Well,you're thepsychiatrist." "How does that track with you?" "But who is this who lies so very awake?" "It was thus when I awoke." "So, what shall we do with it, my lord?" "For now I would say... let it be." "Enjoy what time it has left." "Or perhaps... wecould... justtalkgentletoit or... maybejustkeepit warm and safe." "Yeah?" "Beforewarned," "Mr.Famous." "Pegeenisdesirable, she'saudacious, andshe'sutterlyruthless." "Utterlycold-hearted, incomparablyselfish, andcompletelyamoral." "Hello?" "Hi." "I understandLouise hasbeencallingyou  andI haveto apologize." "Louise?" "LouiseTrenner, thedeanof WestcottCollege." "Oh,sothat'swhatthose cryptic cell calls were about." "Littlecreepyhang-upscoming inthemiddleofthenight  wakingme outofmy deepslumber." " Hello?" "  She will drain you." "Shewilldiminishyour mentalcapacityto think." "Who is this?" "Who is this?" "Shewillrenderyou useless andyouwillsuffer." "Pegeentoldme  whereyoulive." "Is this Louise?" "Youstayawayfromher." "Louise?" "Yes." "Iknowshe'sthere." "Whywon'tyou putheron thephone?" "Puther onthephonerightnow." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Whereisshe?" "Ijustwanttoseeher." "Louise, just-- what are you-- Ijustneedtoseeher." "Ijustneedtotalk toher." "Ineedto lookintohereyes andjustaskher why ." "What are you doing?" "Justaskherwhy ." "Are you alone?" "Oh, God." "Oh." "Are you alone?" "I'm sorry." "I'm alone." "Okay." "Miss..." "Miss Trenner, I presume?" "Yes." "And you..." "You're older than I thought." "What do you think you're doing here?" "I know." "I'm trespassing." "Could you lower your gun, please?" "You're making me very nervous." "You're making me very nervous." "You're peeping into my house." "I just wanted to see where she was going every weekend." "She-- she told me she'd be with me forever and then three weeks later she was gone." "Idon'tknow whysheleftyou for me." "Don'tyou?" "  No, I don't." "You're beautiful." "You're gorgeous." "You're a valkyrie." "What am I?" "I'm an old man." "True." "Good." "Why don't you come inside for a minute?" "Why?" "So you could seduce me, too?" "Is that your specialty, Mr. Axler, converting lesbians?" "Madam,itis notI whoistrespassing." "ItisnotI whoisaPeepingTom." "ItisnotIwhoismaking  anonymousphonecalls in the middle of the night asking for a "Mr. Famous."" "Oh, God." "Is she worth all this?" "No." "She's not even that beautiful." "She's not that intelligent." "Okay." "She's unusually childish for her age." "She's just a kid, really." "So, why don't you come inside?" "Why do you want me to step inside?" "Because of the triumph it would be to sleep with the woman that Pegeen used to sleep with?" "Because I'm being polite." "No." "Because it's cold out and you" "You want to fuck me." "You think you're safe, but you're not." "When she's through playing with you, she's going to... take you apart like a cheap Christmas toy." "I was up for the position at Westcott and Louise wouldn't give me the job, so I met with her and then I turned on all the charm." "I was desperate." "I had to." "She wasn't going to give you the job?" "No, that's what I just said." "I know, but why?" "Had she seen you before?" "Was it something about" "It was possible that I might not have been the strongest candidate that they were looking at, but I had other things to offer, which I let her know, wink wink." "She just wasn't going to give it to me." "I wasn't their top candidate." "Well,howdid-- howdidsheknowthat ?" "Ihadhearditthrough theacademicgrapevine." "It's academia, it's not the NSA." "Why are you so obsessed with this, Simon?" "No, I just want to know-- I just want to know." "Are you sure you don't like me in my present uniform?" "Let me just get this." "Why don't you go inside?" "I'll meet you there." "Okay." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Jerry." "Hi, what are you doing?" "No,no,no ,no ." "Nomoreacting." "No acting." "No, no." "Noacting." "Ijust" "Why don't you get me a deal writing my memoirs?" "Well, isn't that what washed-up actors do?" "Whydidyou takehershopping?" "Idon'tknow." "Didyouwanther  tobecomeawoman orjustto looklikeone?" "I mean, you know, when you're enacting a role, usually you dress accordingly." "Otherwise you confuse the audience." "Isthatwhatshe wanted?" "I don't know." "It's the way I saw it." "You'vesleptwithher  atthispoint." "I think so." "I don't know." "Yeah." "Well-- I like it." "Well, I guess this officially marks the end of my 16-year mistake." "Yeah." "Didsheactuallysay  "16-yearmistake"?" "I don't know." "I'm not sure." "I mean" "Oristhat whatyouwantedtohear ?" "Well, I don't know." "I'm not sure." "Imean,there'salot ofthingsshesays" "I'mnotsureI'm hearing whatshe'ssaying orwhatI'mmakingup thatshesays." "Imean,Idon 'tknow." "Halftheti" "Idon't knowhowshethinks." "Idon'tknow what'sonhermind." "Sheseemsso detached." "Sheseemsso removed." "Andyet... whenI 'mwithher, there'sa feelingIhave." "Yeah." "It's nice?" "You look a little bit like you're still on the hanger." "I think that works though because you can" "I feel like a matador." "What-- what's it matter?" "I mean, three quarters of the things we do in life are mistakes." "I mean, you know, my being an actor, that's a fucking mistake." "Could be." "I mean, you get all the awards, the accolades, the special treatment, all that stuff, the adulation, and what do you wind up doing?" "Throwing yourself off a stage." "Now, come on." "While trying to pull some Hemingway-esque suicide." "I mean, you know, the other day I'm watching television and this commercial comes on, and they're promoting Hemingway furniture." "I mean, here's a guy, blew the top of his head off because he couldn't take life anymore and now you can get a Hemingway bedroom set." "I don't know why it makes me laugh." "You know?" "He wrote books, by the way." "I know you know that, but I'm saying." "She seemed pleasant." "Who?" "Thewoman'sthatbeenhere  fromtimeto time." "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "There's been someone here, hasn't there?" "What?" "There'sbeensomebodyhere." "Yeah,I havesomeone thatcomesin ." "Shecomesin nowand then, youknow,helpsme." "With my recuperation." "Yeah." "Is she a massage therapist?" "Oh, no, no." "No." "She just, you know, has" "Sometimes I could stretch it for her, you know, she..." "It'sokay,though." "It'sfine." "Oh." "Yeah." "Andsheonlyjust  comesherenowand then." "It's not my business." "It's not my business." "No,no." "Idon 't" "No-- it's-- it's fair to ask something like that." "Idon'twanttointerfere." "Sheseemsverypleasant." "Yeah." "Why?" "You-- you've been talking to her?" "No, I just saw her." "Youjustexchanged hellosandstuff?" "Yeah." "Nothing more than that." "I mean, you didn't ask her any questions?" "No." "Just--justformyown..." "Well, I wouldn't say anything." "Yeah, because-- well, we like to keep it... like we always keep it." "You mean me and you or her and me and you?" "I really don't understand." "I" " I don't know, you said, "we"." "No, I meant in the-- you know, in the sort of" "Ina general-- In the general way." "Well, you should have someone nice coming to take care of you... at your age." "Good morning." "What?" "Goodmorning." "Okay." "Okay." "Idon'thaveAlzheimer's." "I'mnotdemen-- it'snotdementia." "It'ssomethingelse." "It'sthisinertia whenitcomestothe- " "We used to call it "the work"." "Yousee, sotheabandonmentis... issosevere anditcausessuchpain  because-- or it causes confusion, fear as I don't know where to go." "DearSimon,howare you ?" "Youlookwell." "Ineedto seeyou again." "You'remyonlyfriend." "Yoursandhugs, SybilVanBuren." "Hey." "Look what I found." "TheSeagull starring Simon Axler." "Bootleg copy live from The Globe." "Can we watch it, please?" "I found this woman and somehow  there'sanappetite." "I know it's-- it looks like it's tentative," "It looks like it's going to slip away from me, but at the same time, so what?" "Idon'tknow what'srightforme." "Idon'tknow what'swrongforme." "Ihaveno idea, nordoesanyone,really, whenitcomesdowntoit ." "ButI likethatline fromShakespeare, youknow, "Perditioncatchmy soul." "Perdition catch my soul."" ""ButI dolovethee." "But I do love thee."" "And... when I love thee not... chaos is come again." "Okay, I'm going to take that as a "no."" "Simon!" "Oh." "Hi." "Areyousurprised?" "That you're suddenly here in my woods, on my property?" "I'm surprised." "Yeah." "I would rather speak privately." "Do you know of someplace quiet that we could go?" "Quieter than the woods?" "I mean..." "The monster is all alone with them." "Yeah." "That's terrible." "Have you given any more thought to my offer?" "No, I haven't." "Not at all?" "No." "I haven't." "Okay." "Christening." "So..." "Oh, gee." "What is that?" "So, Edgar goes for a walk in these gardens every night." "Okay, now, look-- look, look, look how simple it would be to climb-- No." "Simon, please." "Why are you doing this to me?" "Because you're the only person that I trust." "Trust?" "You don't know me." "I don't know you." "I just met" "I know you." "You're asking me to do... such a thing." "You understand?" "Yes." "Why would you ask me to do such a thing?" "Because you have experience, Simon." "What are you talking about?" "In the movies." "I know, but the movies, they're not real." "So that's not real experience." "Okay, but you've held a real gun and you've had training." "Not with real bullets." "Everything I do in the movies, any actor does, is fake." "You understand?" "It's not real." "Yes." "But" "No, it's pretend." "But..." "It's pretend." "But pretend that your acting background will help when it comes time to talk to the police." "This is ridiculous." "Ridiculous, ridiculous." "Do not call me "ridiculous."" "I'm not calling you-- I am not ridiculous." "I'm saying this is ridiculous." "I am ridiculous." "I've been called ridiculous by my husband, by my family, by my friends, by lawyers, and doctors, and everyone else but you." "Well, I'm ridiculous, too." "Simon, I just need your help." "I can't." "I'm sorry, I just" "I'm begging you." "I know, darling, but I can't do it." "You're going to have to go elsewhere." "Please." "So, I have to go back anyway." "Igotthings Ihaveto do ." "Back where?" "Well, I got to go back to-- Where are you going?" "Tomyhouse andyougo to yourhouse, whereverthatis ." "Idon'tknow whereyourhouseis." "I have no idea where you live." "Do you want to come over?" "No,I don'twant togoto yourhouse." "Wait" "You have to go elsewhere, you know." "I can't-- I can't help you." "I'msorry." "You're b-- you're busy." "You sound busy, so we'll" "We'll do this later." "No,it'snotabout beingbusy." "Right." "Go-- come-- you know, maybe another time." "Lateron,someday." "Pick it up." "Right." "Someday,longtimefromnow." "Thursday." "Maybe..." "No, not Thursday." "LikeThursday?" "No!" "Another time." "That's not Thursday." "What?" "Thursday's now." "I mean later." "Simon,you'reyelling." "Ican'thearyou ." "Next century." "What?" "Astimewenton,  Ibecamemoreand more dependentonher." "Alwayswaitingforthe sound ofthatcar onthatgraveldriveway." "Hello." "Oh." "Hey." "Oh." "Look at this." "This is Emily." "Aw, Emily." "Hey, beauty." "Here, let me take that." "Thank you." "Oh." "Oh, my God." "Are you hurt?" "Are you okay?" "I got this." "I know." "Look at what happened to him." "What's in here?" "Just some of my things, isn't it, baby?" "Some of my things." "You know..." "I was thinking..." "Don't you think it's time... you told your parents about us?" "Oh, no, no, no." "My mother can never know about..." "What?" "Anything." "Why?" "What do you mean?" "Even if the two of you hadn't had a thing for each other back in the day" "What thing?" "Wait, wait, wait." "Wait a minute." "I'm just saying I could never" "I could not possibly tell her or him." "Oh, God, think of the look on Asa's face." "That would be terrible." "It'd just be way too painful, wouldn't it?" "Oh, you want to go?" "Let's get settled in." "Yeah." "I can't-- Oh, thank you so much for trying to help." "Thank you." "I'll be okay." "Oh, yes." "Oh." "I've come to serve you." "Is your back still hurting?" "No, dear." "No." "It's going to pass." "This is how you played Richard III?" "No, this was Igor in Old Frankenstein ." "Well, it's very convincing." "Well, I got this far." "It's just getting it down that I have to deal with." "Oh, yes." "Oh, yes." "We have arrived." "Cheers." "Cheers." "I'm not going to make it to the bed." "That's fine." "So this will be an all-nighter... of watching." "And I'm going to read out loud to you from the medieval miracle plays." "I'm in the middle of Abraham and Isaac ." "Abraham's just told Isaac that God told him to kill Isaac and Isaac, weirdly, is telling him that it's okay." "And he's saying, "Ye have other children, one or two," ""which ye should love well by kind," "I pray you, father, make ye no woe."" "Hello, Mrs. Rutledge." "Good morning, dear." "Yousawaman bythewater ?" "Yeah." "Simon,youseem tohavealot ofpeople showingupon yourproperty." "There's a guy wandering around my property." "See?" "Seethere?" "You see him?" "Oh, my." "Maybe it's a gardener." "Agardener?" "No." "He'sablackman." "You wouldn't hire a black gardener?" "Of course I would, but I don't have a black gardener." "That's racist." "What?" "A little racist." "Just saying." "Racist?" "Oh,soPegeenwas alsothere." "Yes, she was there." "I didn't mention that, but we went down tothelittlebridge, thatsmalllittlebridge bytheriver." "Oh, my God." "Priscilla?" "Hey." "Priscilla?" "Priscilla?" "I thoughtyousaid itwasaman bythewater ." "Jesus." "I can't even look at you like this." "I needed to see for myself." "I needed to be sure." "Sure of what?" "That you were sleeping with a man." "Oh, my God." "Am I missing something here?" "AmI missingsomething?" "Areyouleaving somethingoutof thisstory?" "No, well, I mean, they were talking about... theyweretalking abouthealthinsurance andthatkindofstuff." "Healthcare." "Also,howexpensive thesurgerywas." "Are you all healed?" "For the most part." "I go by Prince now." "Prince?" "You got to be joking." "Theywereliving, Imean,Ithinkthey-- theyweredatingfor  somethinglikesixyears." "Andatthattime, she was Priscilla." "Mm." "Andwhathappenedthen ?" "Well, come inside." "Simon, put the gun down." "What is this?" "He's my ex-girlfriend." "How's Em-- how's Emily?" "She's good." "She misses Amy." "I miss her." "Who's Amy?" "Our other cat." "We had to separate them when I left." "Poor things." "Who sat with you during the surgery?" "No one." "I wish I could say I felt sorry for you." "I'm not asking for your pity." "It was something I had to do on my own." "Not to say it wasn't lonely without you." "Still is." "What are you suggesting?" "I miss you." "And?" "And..." "I thought now that you're sleeping with men... why not me?" "Iwantyouback." "No,no." "It'soutof thequestion." "You just left so abruptly after you found the pills and looked them up." "I can't believe that you actually went through with it." "I can't even think about it without cringing." "Breast removal?" "And not to mention" "I can't even think about it." "I just cringe." "You mutilated the body I loved." "You destroyed the woman I loved." "Pegeen, please." "Try to understand from my point of view." "Whose point of view?" "Prince's?" "I don't know you." "I don't know Prince." "The woman I was with doesn't exist." "Doyouregrethaving invitedhimin ?" "Youknowsomething?" "Idon'tknowwhat'sworse." "WhenI washerealone inmyhouse," "I was so desperate, you know." "And now..." "Ihavetheselunatics showingupat my frontdoor." "IthinktheyknowI'mhere." "They smell me." "Oh!" "Open up." "Lower the window." "Jesus." "Oh, it's true." "I've come to collect my daughter." "Collect?" "Get out of the car now." "No!" "Get out of the car." "You're coming with me now." "No!" " Get out of the car, dear." " Excuse me." "No!" "Pegeen." "Emily!" "Oh, my God!" "Emily!" "Who's Emily?" "Oh, Emily." "Look what you've done." "You sad, pathetic, little old man." "Whata mess you'vedone." "How did you find out?" "How did we find out?" "I got a call from Louise Trenner." "She began by saying she was opportunistically exploited and deceived by you." "Is that true, dear?" "We have to go to the vet now!" "Just imagine what it was like to get a call like that." "I have absolutely no idea what's going on in your life." "When did you break up with Priscilla?" "When Priscilla decided that she wanted to become a man, Mother, okay?" "And you don't think that that was news you want to share with your own parents?" "What else have you been keeping from us?" "Look, let's just get in." "What-- is she all right?" "Simon, you do not have a family." "Youdon'tknowwhatit's like  to find out who's sleeping with your daughter." "Your daughter is a grown-up." "Yeah, and you're ancient." "How could you." "Your own goddaughter?" "I mean, I know you've been having mental issues, butthisis beyondinsane." "Get in the car, honey." "What does he have to offer you?" "Is it money?" "Oh, my baby." "Oh, sweet baby." "You know, you look just so... beautiful and so..." "You mean feminine?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Feminine." "Hi." "Hi." "Her leg got run over by a car." "Okay, let's take her in the back." "Okay." "Okay." "Great." "Thank you." "Oh, God." "Not again." "Oh, my God." "I'm afraid you're all going to have to wait out here." "Do you have anything that you could give him?" "Like painkillers or something?" "No." "He's a person." "No, like what you'd give a dog, but just for him." "Liketentimes moreorsomething?" "I don't think we should tell anybody about this, Mr. Axler." "And the muscle relaxers start to kick in rather quickly." "Oh, yeah." "A little discretion... will be much appreciated." "Ithinkyou're makinga mistake." "You'vebeenthrough abreakdown thatledyou tobeinginstitutionalized." "Now, I know that she's had these fantasies about you since childhood." "I know she glorified you and she... cried about you and she... she dreamt about you, and she loved you." "And she's built up these fantasies." "How would you know?" "What?" "What did he say?" "How-- What?" "How would you know?" "How would you know?" "How would you know?" "How do you know what he's saying?" "How would I know what?" "About my own daughter?" "Because I'm her mother, that's how I know." "That's how I know!" "It's how I know!" "You're getting older by the day." "Oh, really?" "You're 65 now." "And soon, you'll be 66." "And then, 67." "And so on." "Oh." "It never stops." "And it won't be long before they're just wheeling you around in a chair." "Well, if I had..." "I have no idea what he's saying." "If I had a child..." "What are you-- what is he saying?" "What is he saying?" "Simon, do you hear her?" "I know you hear her." "Yeah." "And this is serious." "What is he saying?" "You will stop... seeing our daughter." "Yes." "As of tonight!" "Yes." "I never said I would not ever..." "No." "Simon." "Simon, listen." "Simon." "It's not going to be good for you." "Simon, it's not going to turn out well." "And it's not going to turn out well for her." "You have to stop." "Okay." "Pegeenstartedtalking tohermothermoreandmore." "Click." "Click the pen." "No,everything'sfine withmyclasses." "Idon'tknowwhy she would take these Simon-bashing calls  undermyownroof." "Okay." "Anyway, well,loveyou,too ." "Talktoyoulater,Mom." "Bye." "So, what did your mother have to say?" "Oh." "The usual." "She thinks I'm starstruck." "Oh, but she couldn't stop talking about how pathetic you were at the vet." "It's really her favorite topic now." "She keeps using the word "feeble."" "And then, she says," ""He's a shell of a man." "A shell of a man."" "It'sreallygreat." "It'slikeawholenew routineshe'sgot." "I wish I was there." "So, why'd you go upstairs?" "I was just looking around upstairs when she called." "Looking around?" "Yeah." "It's great." "It's so big up here." "Why don't you ever use it?" "I don't know." "Just..." "I'm not ready." "What do you mean you're not ready?" "You've lived here for 14 years." "Yeah, but I like it down here." "I like it." "This is like an apartment." "You know, like a New York apartment." "It's like an apartment with a pool." "Well, nothing's perfect." "So,tellme  aboutyourmom." "I think it gives her something to live for." "Her hating you-- Doyouhaveany idea whyshecaressomuch  aboutwhatherparentsthink?" "A lot of animosity?" "No,butwhy doesthisupsetyou ?" "Well, because it's upsetting." "I mean, here she is-- shouldn't they be happy that she's getting someone who's achieved something in life?" "Who's done things, who's lived, who can offer her something?" "I mean, after all, she's not getting any younger." "Andwhydoesshe  actlikethis?" "Youknow,Pegeen andhertransformation is like this orgy of spending and spoiling." "AndI 'moutof money." "I'm just-- I'm just, you know." "Simon,there'sdesperation inyourvoice." "Well,I 'moutof money," "Ican'tactanymore, andwhatam Igoingtodo ?" "HowamIgoingtokeepher?" "Youshouldn'thave tobuyPegeen'saffection." "What if I do?" "SoI talked toyouraccountant." "You'respendingwaytoo much moneyonwomen'sclothing." "Waytoomuchmoney onwomen'sclothing." "Doyouhaveany idea whatitcosts toheatapoolinConnecticut inthedeadofwinter?" "Andontopofthat ,you're givingherspendingmoney." "I know I'm spending too much money." "What about the book deal?" "There'snot thatmuchinterest." "Therewon'tbe  enoughadvanceddollars." "Oh." "That's kind of depressing." "Not that much interest in my life." "Well,you'retheone  wholostinterestfirst." "Maybesomecommercials?" "Yeah, we'll talk again." "Hi." "Do you ever come out?" "You should come in." "Idon'tknow,you know." "I don't think I'm dressed for it." "Yeah, but-- guess what?" "You don't even have to be afraid to swim because I'm a lifeguard." "Certified." "I could save your life." "You already have." "You already have." "Whoisit ?" "Whoisit ?" "It's your agent!" "Look, Simon, be happy." "Your fan mail has really picked up." "Really?" "Yeah, I mean" "They're all from the same woman, this Sybil Van Buren woman, but still..." "Oh." "They're going to offer you $150,000 to be the spokesperson." "You'll travel to Europe-- Spokesperson?" "For what?" "For a new specialized technique." "It's called a "hair-ation." Hair-ation?" "It's a special technique developed by a Dr. Kingsley" "For?" "for everything in the general... hair area." "So, a hair loss product." "Well, if you put it like that..." "Have you lost your mind completely?" "$150,000." "I don't care how much." "What does it matter?" "What about my dignity?" "I mean, what little of it I have left." "Do something real then." "Take the role on Broadway." "What role?" "The King Lear role on Broadway." "King Lear?" "I've told you before." "I'm telling you again." "The King Lear-- You're telling me again?" "Yes." "Yes." "This is the first time I'm hearing it." "No, it's-- no, well, King Lear" "They want you for K ing Lear on Broadway." "Oh, they want me." "I mean, you love tragedy." "How many times?" "What do I have to do?" "Do you want me to say it out loud?" "There's a buzz about you." "They want to see you." "They want to see if you'll jump again." "You know, like Spiderman." "People just went to see" "Where they're flying around on all those cables-- if somebody would fall." "Sort of like the circus." "You've got to do something." "You have no money." "I've become a freak." "They're coming to see the freak." "You got to" "Getmeacommercial thathashairinit." "My hair." " Ooh!" "Ooh!" "Okay." " Yeah." "Yeah." "Almost." "No cigar." "Right." "All right." "Let me try one more time." "You know, I don't think you should." "I think you should really just rest it." "Maybe..." "Maybe we try it on the side." "Let's just-- Okay." "Okay." "All right." "Oh, Jesus!" "Oh, oh, oh no." "Oh, gosh." "Oh, no." "Oh, this can't-- this can't be happening." "Well, it is." "Just give it a day or so, you know." "This thing has to loosen up, that's all." "Sure." "Sure." "Of course." "You know, because.." "sometimes it takes three days, so I got one more day left." "Mm-hmm." "You know, I just got to get..." "I got to get into the exercise part of it." "Get into a routine and just do it every day." "Lie there, you know." "Yeah." "Go through the stretches." "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Mm." "You know that-- that... horse tranquilizer that the vet gave me?" "I mean, that-- that was pretty good." "Yeah, it was so good." "Yeah, it turned out okay that night." "Uh-huh." "Yeah." "Anything I can do to help here?" "Mm-mm." "I don't think you fucked the lesbian out of me yet." "Are you still sleeping with women, Pegeen?" "Just twice." "Twice?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "With Louise?" "Yeah." "No." "No." "Don't be crazy." "Well, with whom then?" "Just a couple of softball girls I found." "Thisisn'talovestory." "Thisisan object ofmyaffection,okay?" "Afuckingcliche iswhatit is ." "That'swhatI'vebecome." "I'm a love cliche." "She's a young woman." "That whole thing, you know." "At least she's a lesbian." "I wasn't that stupid." "Ipickedtherightone though,didn'tI?" "Imean,thisone 's boundtoleaveme." "Boundtoleaveme,  butyouknow..." "Idodeserveit." "Everything I get, I deserve." "And you know what?" "I go into it with that open mind." "Because fuck it." "Give it to me." "Give me all you got." "I'll take it." "I wish for it." "Igloryin it ." "Pegeenturnedherlast girlfriendintoaman ." "Sheturnedme into ahalf-crazedbeggar." "Whoknowswhat she'sturnedyouinto." "Don'tsayIdidn'twarn you." "Yes." "Jerry, it's me." "I'll do it." "Really?" "That'sfantastic,Simon." "I'llcall theBroadwayproducers firstthingin themorning." "Ever since that swan dive into the orchestra, they've been dying for you to come back." "No,notKingLear." "The-- the other one." "Oh." "Yeah, don't sound too enthusiastic, please." "No,I am." "Thehairproduct." "Yeah,right." "No, that's a good choice, too," "As long as you're back out there, right?" "Yes." "Yeah." "Dr.Farr,you'renot  goingtobelievethis." " Sybil showed up again." "   What do you mean   she showed up?" "Sheshowedup ." "I'monmyway tothecommercial, she'sthere,she'sin mydrivewayin thesnow." "She'sjust,she'sjust, she'sjuststalkingme." "Shekeepsstalkingme." "Not again." "Simon, I'ma littleconfused." "Holdononesecond." "Come on out." "Simon,I 'mjust lookingatapostcard" "Sybiljustsentme." "Sheseemsto be  inFloridarightnow ." "Here." "What's that?" "Money." "Money?" "For what?" "You know damn well what it's for." "I refuse to come near that." "Now, please stay away with that money." "It's too late, Simon." "Oh, yeah?" "Mm-hmm." "And why is that?" "Because you've already agreed to kill my husband." "You're an accomplice now." "No." "No." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "No,no,no ." "Yousawpictures." "Youaredeep intothis,mister." "You and I have an understanding." "We don't have anything." "You're going to be-- you know the play Harvey  when he has an invisible rabbit?" "Yes." "That's what you are." "I will you out of my life." "You're willed out." "Great." "Simon,I don'tunderstand." "Whyareyoureferencing theplayHarvey?" "Hewasan invisiblerabbit." "Heexistedin Elwood'smind." "WasSybilthere?" "Orwasshenot there?" "Sybil'sa stalker." "She'scrazy." "She somehow... all the fan mail and every-- she got it in her head." "What are you doing?" "I am just trying to find a place in your new life." "Well, there isn't one." "Why can't there be?" "We have a beautiful history together." "Whatdoeshe have toofferyouthatIdon 't?" "I'm younger than him and more attractive." "And in some ways more masculine." "Enough, Priscilla." "I am not a heterosexual woman." "I'll be right back." "I have to use the bathroom." "Which-- which one?" "Simon!" "What is wrong with you?" "I'm sorry." "I'm just, you know" "I don't see why we had to invite your ex to lunch." "I'm not going to do any commercials." "I'm going to stay home." "You're under no obligation to me what you do when I'm not there." "It has nothing to do with the reality you and I share." "That's indecipherable." "So what about you?" "Are you going to take a real business trip one of these days to the stage or are you just going to keep wallowing in your own angst and self pity forever?" "I'm sorry, that was mean of me, what I said back there, but I don't want to be with somebody who just gives up on his career." "You don't have to go out there every night, face an audience night after night and lie to them." "I think you could try harder." "I think you could try harder for me." "Show me the man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart." "Yes." "In my heart of hearts." "When the mind's free, the body's delicate, the tempest in my mind doth from my senses take all feeling else." "Lear." "Let go." "What?" "Pegeen?" "  Yes?" " She killed him." "  What?" "SybilVanBuren killedherhusband." " I can't believe it." "  Really?" "Oh,God." "Shetoldme Iwasan accomplice." "We met at a mental institution." "She gets out of the hospital, she comes to my town, she sends me letters, she comes to my house." "You know, she became a stalker." "And each time I told her, "Please go away." "I want nothing to do with this."" "Mrs. Van Buren said that you encouraged her to find someone else to kill her husband." "Oh." "That's not the way I said it." "But you did say to her," ""You ought to find a professional hitman"?" "Well, yes." "Well, yes, I said, but" "You were encouraging her to find a way to kill her husband." "You're twisting the logic." "I'm sorry." "I don't mean-- Am I correct?" "impose on your work." "I mean, but that's not" "Pegeen?" "Mm-hmm." "I mean, could you help me here?" "That won't be necessary." "Okay." "Were you sexually involved with Sybil?" "No." "Please." "No." "I mean, this is a young woman in her early 30s at best." "No." "I just..." "She was a misguided fan." "That's what she was." "Before you go, I want to let you know" "I've been doing some reorganization of your playthings." "What playthings?" "Playthings?" "They shouldn't be left laying around." "Yes, I agree, Mrs. Rutledge." "The-- the mechanical electronic devices, the magic wand, the G-spot vibrator, and the Jack rabbit, they should be oiled at least once a month." "Yeah, right." "That's true." "And the pigtail butt plug and the-- the double dong, and the fisting mitt, they're going in the washer." "You're absolutely right, Mrs. Rutledge." "Have a nice evening." "Thank you." "Thanks, folks." "You have a great evening now." "You too." "Thank you." "I'm going to be right back." "Okay." "Oh, I should've known." "I should've known." "The minute Pegeen got up from the table." "I should've known." "No, really?" "Three times to quit." "That's so cute to think of you in a pick-up truck." "Are you ready?" "I love that." "What?" "You ready?" "Oh, Simon." "This is Tracy." "Hi." "Yeah." "Hi." "Wait." "Are you that actor?" "Wow." "You were really great in this movie that I used to watch when I was really little." "What was it called?" "Idon'tknow." "You know, the one with the tarantula." "I've never made a movie with a tarantula." "Are you sure?" "No." "Yes he was." "Isn't she adorable?" "Yeah." "Shall we?" "Oh, actually, we're having so much fun here." "I can-- could I get a ride home from you?" "Yeah." "With your truck?" "Yes." "She has a truck." "I drive a truck." "You can go on home if you want." "I'llcatchup later." "We'llbefine." "Hi." "Hi, Simon." "Hi, girls." "Have a nice time?" "Yes." "Yes." "We had a really nice time." "Soyoudid." "I was going to give Tracy the grand tour of the house." "Oh." "Be my guest." "Well, I want you to come." "Yeah." "You know, go ahead." "No." "I don't know." "I'm doing all right here." "Why don't you do it?" "No, come." "No, I want you to come." "Yeah, all right." "I will come." "Yay." "Come this way." "Go down this hallway." "Ooh." "What are we going to do?" "Take human playthings into our bed now?" "Maybe." "Yeah." "Come on." "Don't be such a bore." "Live a little." "Look, I have something for you." "Wow." "Hey, Simon." "Still trying to think of the name of that movie." "What?" "I was going to give Tracy a tour of the house." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Bye." "Bye." "Isn't this great?" "Hello,Doc,hi ." "You'llneverguess... theturnof events." "Well... she told me that she wanted me to be the father of her child." "Ineverheardyou talk abouta childbefore." "Imean,Pegeenhas been planningourlivestogether." "Areyousurethat's whatsheactuallysaid?" "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "Idon'tlike thesoundof this,Simon." "Iwantyou tocomein andsee me fora faceto facesession." "Tomehonest, Ifindtheinconsistencies ofwhatyou'retellingme tobeverydisturbing." "So,please, comebymy office." "Don'tneglectthis, Simon." "I'mveryconcerned aboutyou." "I'm sorry, but I actually..." "I'm having my sperm tested." "Well, this is dermatology." "Fertility is three flights up." "Have a seat." "Thank you very much." "I'm sorry I'm late." "I got lost." "That's okay." "You're under so much pressure." "Yeah." "Well, here it is." "You know, I'm closing in on 70." "That'sstillyoung." "When this child is 10, I'll be pushing 80." "Who knows, by that time..." "I may not be your choice." "You'll always be my choice." "Yeah." "Well..." "That's good to know." "That's really good to know." "I'mgoingto be bald ina wheelchair with this spine of mine." "Believe me, I'll be in a wheelchair." "And then what?" "Probablydead." "Maybe I'm not suited to be a father." "Maybe... it was too late." "Another missed opportunity." "I've missed so many in my life." "You know, I missed everything." "Gave up my life." "You didn't." "Here you are embracing life." "We're going to have a baby, and you're going to get back surgery, and we're going to be in love for the rest of your life." "I can't believe... that you're saying these things." "I mean, that everything... would come to this." "Things would take on this turn of events." "Yeah." "Well, here I am." "Ready to go back to work, resume my career, and if all goes well today... impregnate you." "Right?" "I am old now." "And these same crosses... spoil me." "And these same crosses..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Who is this?" "I want to say some things to you, Simon." "Carol?" "I want to say some things to you." "What?" "And then I want you to stay away from my daughter." "Areyoucrazy?" "Carol, I'm rehearsing here." "Do you have any idea what I'm doing next week?" "I'm opening." "Having trouble remembering your lines, Simon?" "It's not surprising since" "Why should you be able to remember your lines when you can't even remember your life?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Do you remember what we were doing the year before you and Asa did Godot in New Jersey?" "We were doing a play." "And Asa-- what was Asa doing?" "Asa?" "Asa, my husband, your friend." "He was in the hospital." "And what were we doing, Simon?" "We?" "You and I." "We were doing a play." "And what else?" "What else?" "I don't know what else." "We were screwing, Simon." "Okay." "That'swhat weweredoing." "We were screwing." "Like rats or sailors." "Okay." "We were just-- I mean" "I don't know." "It was-- the play was one night." "We were drunk and" "No, no." "Eight times." "Eight times?" "Eight times." "You were counting?" "It's in my diary." "Carol, this was decades ago." "What are you talking about?" "I mean, you know, the play was over." "Yes, and we never spoke about it, did we?" "No." "No." "And then I had the lovely baby girl I always wanted." "And Asa and I were-- we were all right." "Yes." "It was a happy ending." "Except the lovely baby girl grew up to be a rather eccentric creature." "A confused creature with some troublesome traits." "You know, probably genetic." "You should talk to her father about that." "Bullshit." "My God, you're dense." "Bullshit." "You're so dense." "You know, whenever people write about what a brilliant observer you are," "I tend to laugh hysterically." "Have you never, never noticed the similarities?" "I don't believe you." "I'll send you her DNA." "God." "It's such a shame that King Lear died of a broken heart." "What do you mean?" "Well, the ending could have been so much more theatrical." "I knew you wouldn't have the guts to do it yourself." "Good work." "Good work." "Simon, you okay?" "Oh yeah." "That was good." "Hello,thisisSimon." " Leave a message." "Simon?" "Simon,areyouli- " "Oh, man." "I can't believe this." "They're waiting for the freak to show up again." "Stop reading that." "Seriously, put it away." "Those guys are jerks." "You're going to be amazing tomorrow." "Don't read those people." "And we, too..." "I don't know the words." "I don't know the words." "Oh." "What are you doing?" "What do you mean what am I doing?" "What's" "What are you doing?" "I'm, like, five minutes late." "Why are you mad?" "This is-- the car's been waiting here for half an hour." "Oh, are you fucking kidding me?" "What'd you do with your hair?" "I don't want to talk about it." "It doesn't matter." "But it looks different." "Yeah, well..." "It's not easy for me to go shopping for this kind of dress alone." "It's not easy for me to look into the mirror and wonder if this is who I am now." "Oh." "So you choose this time to have an identity crisis." "Yes." "At this moment?" "Yes." "Well, that's thoughtful of you." "SybilVanBurencontinues toexpressdisappointment withstageactor SimonAxler, afriend,who,according toMrs.VanBuren, promisedtohelp, butneverquitecamethrough." "Mrs.VanBurenhad  accusedherhusband ofimpropertreatment oftheirdaughter, althoughshehas neverspecified whatshemeantbythat ." "Shehassaidshe won 'tgive anyfurthercomment untilshereceives avisitfromSimonAxler." "Simon, please tell us, do you think you'll be able to pull off this comeback after your emotional breakdown on stage?" "I got to get backstage." "I got to get backstage." "What's your relationship with Sybil Van Buren?" "How do you feel knowing that he may be involved with another woman?" "Repeatedly shown disregard for anything I want." "What the hell do you mean by that?" "Are you asking for an example?" "Sure." "You brought that girl to my house." "Did you consult me?" "What, I'm supposed to ask for your permission now?" "Why don't you just suck the fun and spontaneity out of everyone's life?" "Permission?" "You didn't even ask me what I thought." "My opinion." "It's-- the frustrating thing is that I was so looking forward to sharing my news with you." "That's-- that's what's frustrating." "What news?" ""What news"?" "That's what I mean." "Youknow?" "That'swhatI- " "Youdon't evenremember." "Remember?" "I had a surprise." "Whatisit ?" "Forget it." "I" " I" " I" "It'sjust nottherighttime." "What is it?" "I had my sperm tested." "What the fuck?" "I can have a baby." "Icanhaveachild." "Oh, my God." "I can have a baby." "Are you kidding me?" "No." "What's going on?" "What is this?" "You gave me a pamphlet that tells me that you can have a baby?" "No,ittoldme Icouldhaveababy ." "Where did you get this idea from?" "You." "I mean you clearly wanted a child." "No, I don't." "I never said that." "I never said that." "You never said that?" "No." "Okay." "I'm not ready." "I don't want to." "Oh, well." "You know, you are something." "Youknow, Ialwaysthought... that you had it in you to be selfish." "What?" "But this..." "This is, as they say, it beats the clock." "Are you kidding me?" "Are you kidding me with this shit?" "That's all you are is about yourself." "Your fucking brochure that tells you you can have babies," "I'm supposed to suddenly-- The brochure doesn't tell me" "Fuck this." "I'm not going to be someone I'm not for you." "I'm done pretending to be that person." "What was I?" "What was I?" "Was I an experiment?" "I can't believe you're even asking me this question." "It's so dumb." "Was I some out-of-town try-out?" "What was I?" "Oh, you're leaving?" "Oh, that's great." "Yeah." "That'sgreat." "It'smyopeningnight." "Okay." "I just can't keep doing this." "I can't keep doing this act for you." "I'm supposed to stop you from leaving now." "Is that it?" "No." "Please don't stop me from leaving." "Don't, don't." "I don't want you to stop me from leaving because I'm leaving." "No, you're not leaving." "You can't do that." "Yes, I am." "Yes, I am." "You're delusional." "Seriously." "Oh,no,I'mnot ." "Why?" "Because I turned you into something that is close to being a woman?" "Oh, my God." "Fuck you." "Okay." "Fuck you and your show." "Back at you." "Back at you." "You know what?" "I don't even-- it's not even" "It's not worth it." "Okay?" "Bye." "It's not worth-- Don't leave me." "Pegeen." "What?" "Do not leave this theater!" "Youcan'tleaveme." "Yes, I can." "You can't leave me!" "I'm opening tonight!" "I'm sorry." "I'm going out on stage!" "I'm going to do King Lear !" "I'm doing Shakespeare!" "Did you ever hear about-- Whyareyouyellingatme ?" "WilliamShakespeare!" "Why are you yelling at me like this?" "Oh, my God." "Ineverwant toseeyouagain." "Bye." "Youare adestructiveforce!" "This is the most energy I've ever seen you have, so congratulations, use it for Lear." "Whydon'tyougo infrontof thehouse, intheaudienceand  you'llseerealenergy?" "I wouldn't waste it." "I keep it for the stage." "I keep it for out there." "Go out there tonight and see me-- see me and you'll see real emotion." "Youjustkeep tellingyourselfthat." "You know what?" "I am more-- Reallove!" "than just a baby maker, by the by." "I am also a professor, and a woman, and I don't give a shit what your weird, old man needs are." "You'renotawoman." "You're a baby pony!" "Oh, shut up, a baby pony?" "You're a furlong!" "That doesn't even make sense." "You know what?" "Ican't-- I'mblowingmy voice!" "I can't even believe people" "Ican'tbelievepeople arepayingto watchyou ." "I'm blowing my voice!" "I would pay someone to not be with you ever again." "Youbelongin azoo !" "You know what?" "Good luck with your great sperm." "Comeback!" "Come back!" "Shane!" "Come back, Shane!" "No, no, no." "Let us away to prison." "We two alone... will sing like birds in the cage." "And when thou dost ask of me blessing..." "I will kneel down and ask of thee forgiveness." "And... so we'll live... and pray... and sing... and tell old tales... and laugh." "Andwewilltakeupon us themysteryof things asifwe wereGod 'sspies." "And we'll wear out, in a walled prison, packs and sects of great ones... thatebbandflow bythemoon." "Wewilltakeuponus themysteryof things... asifwe wereGod 'sspies." "A plague upon you, murderers... traitors all." "I might have saved her." "Now..." "Cordelia, stay a little." "Her voice was ever soft, gentle..." "Thou'lt come no more." "Oh, thou'lt come no more." "Never, never, never... never, never, never." "I pray you, sir... undo this button." "Thank you, sir." "Heh..." "Do you see this?" "Look on her..." "Look... her lips." "Look there..." "Look there." "That's not in the play." "This is who he is." "This is why he is who he is." "No, he's dying." "He's not dying." "This is a genius." "You're looking at a genius." "I'm telling you, the genius is killing himself." "There is no knife in this scene." "King Lear dies of grief." "It doesn't matter." "He's taking it to a whole other level." "What the hell is going on here?" "What comfort to this great decay may come... shall be applied." "For us, we will resign." "During the life of this old majesty.... to him our absolute power." "I've never seen anything like this in my life." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "It's okay." "My lord..." "My lord." "Look up, my lord." "Vex not his ghost, oh, let him pass." "He hates him much... that would upon the rack of this rough world stretch him out longer." "He is gone indeed." "The wonder was he hath endured so long... he but usurped his life." "The weight of this sad time we must obey." "Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say." "The oldest hath borne most." "We that are young... shall never see so much, nor live so long."