City Island Page #6

Top Ten Reasons why you're...

why you're a piece of sh*t.

And I'll tell you when one rings a bell.

Okay, go.

And don't lie to me!

You got it? Don't lie to me.

And don't figure me for

one of your little sissy boys.

That's gonna put out for you.

Whenever you ask.

Because I got eyes in the front of my head

and in the back of my head and in the side of my head.

And they all see 20:20, capiche?

Comprende?

You're a sadly deformed excuse

for humanity...

posing as some sort of prison garbage.

You mess with me...

You mess with Frankie Gunucci!

Frankie Gunucci! You lose!

Thank you.

What?

Thank you.

Yeah, you better thank me,

you piece of sh*t, get out of my face!

Get out of my face!

Yeah, take your eyes out

of your f***ing head.

Thank you, Mr. Rizzo.

- Shove it up your nose you're gonna be looking like this...

Mr. Rizzo, thank you.

- the rest of your life.

Excuse me?

Oh, that's all?

Sorry, I got carried away.

- That's okay.

Thank you, that was crazy.

Pretty wild.

You need this?

No that's fine, you can keep it.

- Thank you very much.

That's nice. I had a good time.

I was walking out I was feeling

like I was gonna throw up.

and then she stopped me,

she brought me back in.

And before I knew it,

she's asking me these questions...

she's got me doing an improvisation

and I lost my mind.

It was crazy.

Wait.

You just did an improve for

Martin Scorsese's casting director.

Vincent, that's not everyday

garden variety audition. That's...

I mean, that's just...

You're in a... elite...

elite core of auditionists.

No, I wouldn't call that elite.

- It's amazing.

It was wild.

I mean, she had me screaming

inside the camera and I lost my mind.

But all to me,

it was all bullshit.

What do you mean?

Well, because I pretended as though I, you know,

that's the way I talk to the guys inside.

but actually that's the way my son,

Tony, talks to the guys inside.

No, that's so much better.

You corrupted someone else's experience

and filtered it in to your own personality...

in order to create a character.

That's not bullshit, Vincent.

That's acting.

That's acting.

You could do that in acting.

Yes.

- It's allowed?

I can't believe this has

happened to you today.

It was real pretty crazy,

I tell you. I kind of...

Yeah, this is me.

You want me to come back?

Did I forget something?

Who's this?

Louise from casting?

The producers would like

to see you reading again...

with some of the other actors

who've already been cast.

This would be, Wednesday at 2.

Can you make it?

Read with other actors?

Yes, yes, I guess yes.

I mean, Wednesday at 2.

I got work on Wednesday.

No, I don't have work on

Wednesday, Wednesday at 2?

It's okay, yeah, that'll be fine.

I can be there, yeah.

Thank you for everything, I guess.

You gotta go back.

Yeah, I guess so.

Vincent...

- Yeah.

First time out, God!

- Yeah, beginner's luck.

What's wrong?

Come on,

what's going on?

What?

No, it's super brilliant.

It's amazing.

You know, well, it's

all meant to be somehow

you know we meet, to have coffee

and tell each other secrets.

And for me to show you

an advert in screen stage...

that launches your career.

Yeah, I know no careers being launched yet.

You know, I'm just going back in

and I haven't even got the part yet.

You can't believe how amazing this is.

Excuse me, everybody.

I'm sorry to bother you but

I just want to tell you for a second...

about my dear friend here, Vincent Rizzo.

Went on his very first audition today.

For a Martin Scorsese film.

And they liked him so much...

that they've called him back on Wednesday.

And he's a prison guard.

Joyce.

I had a great time.

So Vincent, tell me something...

What're you gonna tell your wife?

She doesn't gonna have any idea that you

even have the tiniest little inkling of acting ambition at all.

No, she still knows nothing.

She still thinks a got a poker game, that's it.

And even if I will to tell her.

She would never believe that.

I mean, I have to start like, go so far back

to try to even explain when it happened...

and how it happened and

where are the Brando thing.

And I mean, no matter what I say,

I don't even know where to start.

What about that the truth

is not outside of the question, is it?

It's out of the question.

Can I have some chicken, please.

- Chicken, right.

Mind if my hands...

You okay honey, you need anything else?

- No, I'm good.

Okay, I think I got it.

What if you pretend

to be my manager?

And then you could say

you then discovered me.

Nice. I like it.

- Thank you very much.

Yes, I discovered you

in some sort of a strange way.

Like my brother's an inmate or something.

- Nice.

And I set you up with Martin Scorsese's

casting. It's perfect.

If she has any problems your wife

can come to me about them.

And you're okay with that?

Because, you know, she can be kind of a hurricane.

Wives always hate me Vincent

I'm used to it.

Are you ready?

To go to City Island?

- Now?

So this is it?

- Yeah.

I like it.

- Yeah, it's nice.

It's kinda like New England

by way of Washington Heights.

City Island Yacht and Beach Club?

Well, it's more like a boat yard.

It's got some grass and barbecues and...

...it's got a pier. But the views are great.

Can we see the views for

like just a minute?

Yeah, I don't see why not?

Excellent.

Every busy city needs

an island of peace.

And every busy soul needs

a place to propose.

Tell it to me again.

- What?

Your big secret.

- About Tony?

You already know the whole thing.

You're the only one who does know.

Yeah, I know, but how did it work?

How did you?...His mom and...

When did you know you were leaving?

Well, I met Nen when

I was about 19.

And she was older.

And she was kinda hot for me and

I was hot to get out of the family.

You know, get away from City Island.

We used to drink at the same

bottle of wine in Arthur Avenue.

Pretty soon, I started

living at her place.

And then that's when things

got a little complicated.

Next you know she was pregnant.

I knew by then she

was bad news for me so...

She said:
"I knew you're leaving anyway."

"I'm not gonna get stuck

with nothing for myself" so...

That's when I know

she was having a kid.

And I had to do what I have to do.

Or what I thought I had to do.

I was also a kid.

Anyway, I had 7500 bucks

in my pocket and I, you know...

working on my father's boat

here in City Island.

I was gonna use it to

go to City College...

...but I gave it to her instead.

And then you know,

I got into this prison stuff.

I figured I need a steady income,

pension, I met Joyce...

You never told anyone in your family?

I don't wanna bother anybody.

It was my thing.

Plus, I wasn't too proud of taking off.

Leaving is never pretty

no matter how you do it.

Yeah, you can say that again.

B*tch!

There was no one there.

I hate those things.

Won't you hate those things?

I'm always getting a wrong number.

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