A Beautiful Mind Page #8

in the spring.

Hey, Nash?

You- You scared?

Terrified.

Mortified.

Petrified.

Stupefied by you.

Now you ought best

ring Alicia,

or you're gonna get me...

I'll ring her.

in an awful

lot of trouble.

Thanks, Professor.

Good-bye.

Have a nice day.

Good-bye.

Papers in hand, Mr. Beyer.

Professor Nash?

Can you see him?

Yeah.

You sure?

Uh-huh.

Positive?

He's within your vision?

- Okay. Good.

Forgive me, I'm just

always suspicious of new people.

See you next week,

Professor.

See you next week.

So now that I know

that you're real,

who are you,

and what can I

do for you?

Professor, my name

is Thomas King...

Thomas King?

Mm-hm.

and I'm here

to tell you...

that you're

being considered

for the Nobel Prize.

Forgive me, but I'm just

a little stunned.

Over the past few years

your equilibrium...

has become a cornerstone

of modern economics.

Suddenly everybody

likes that one.

What about my work

on other some such projects-

manifold embedding?

The application

of your bargaining problem...

to FCC bandwidth auctions

or to antitrust cases-

Antitrust cases?

Yes.

I never would have

considered that.

Well...

Have I just reached...

some level of honesty

that borders on stupidity?

No, no, you haven't.

'Cause, I wouldn't

have thought of that.

Shall we have tea?

Oh, I don't go in there.

I usually just...

take my sandwich

in the library.

Come on, John.

Let's have some tea.

It's a big day.

M-Most-

Most commercially

available brands of tea...

are not suitable

to my palate.

I'm not-

There are some

Northern Indian teas

which are dense enough-

I enjoy the flavor

that they have-

I have not been

in this room...

for some many years.

I wonder what tea they serve.

Why, thank you,

young lady.

Things have certainly

changed around here.

I have a son that age.

Harvard.

Hmm.

I would have thought

the nominations...

for the Nobel Prize

would have been secret.

I would have thought

you'd only find out...

if you won or lost.

That is generally

the case, yes.

But these are

special circumstances.

The awards

are substantial.

They require

private funding.

As such,

the image

of the Nobel is...

I see. You came here

to find out if I was crazy?

Find out if I would...

screw everything up

if I actually won?

Dance around the podium,

strip naked and squawk

like a chicken,

things of this nature?

Something

like that, yes.

Would I

embarrass you?

Yes, it is possible.

You see, l-

I am crazy.

I take the newer

medications,

but I still see things

that are not here.

I just choose

not to acknowledge them.

Like a diet of the mind,

I choose not to indulge

certain appetites.

Like my appetite

for patterns.

Perhaps my appetite

to imagine and to dream.

Professor Nash.

It's good to have

you here, John.

Thank you.

It's an honor, sir.

Thank you very much.

A privilege,

Professor.

Professor.

Nicely done, John.

Thank you, Tom.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ed.

That was certainly

most unexpected.

Thank you.

I've always believed in numbers.

In the equations and logics...

that lead to reason.

But after a lifetime

of such pursuits,

I ask,

what truly is logic?

Who decides reason?

My quest has taken me

through the physical,

the metaphysical,

the delusional...

and back.

And I have made

the most important

discovery of my career.

The most important discovery

of my life.

It is only in the mysterious

equations of love...

that any logical

reasons can be found.

I'm only here tonight

because of you.

You are

the reason I am.

You are all my reasons.

Thank you.

So nice to have

met you.

I'll call

for the car, Dad.

Bye bye.

Bye bye.

Are you ready to go now?

Oh, yes, I am.

Yes, indeed,

and yes, please.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

What is it?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

Come with me,

young lady.

Oh-hh...

I have a car outside.

Are you interested

in a ride?

Where's it going to?

l will

Watch you

in the darkness

Show you

Love will

See you through

When the bad dreams

Wake you crying

I'll show you

All love can do

What love can do

l will watch

through the night

Hold you in my arms

Give you dreams

Where none will be

l will watch

through the dark

Till the morning comes

All the light

I'll take you

through the night

To see

The light

Showing us all love

Can be

l will

Guard you

With my bright wings

Stay till your heart

Learns to see

All love

Can...

Be

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