Confessions of a Superhero Page #4

---

Take care.

You're on your own then.

(Sandra)

if he would realize that getting

angry doesn't change it,

He would have a better handle

on his anger.

[engine revving]

(Dennis)

you being a superman fan,

you should know this.

Metropolis, Illinois,

is the home of superman.

All right,

metropolis, Illinois,

All right,

really does exist.

The second weekend of June,

They hold a superman

celebration.

Oh, wow.

All right, they always have

the celebrities show up.

This year, because Christopher

reeve had just passed on,

They're doing

a special send-off.

Margot kidder will be there,

who played who?

(woman)

is she okay?

She's fine.

Okay.

What am I trying to achieve?

I want to become

a leading actor.

Well, hi, there.

Hi.

How are you?

I'm fine.

Would you like

to fly away?

Yes.

(woman)

wait a minute, okay.

Since she's going

for the dip...

My mother was Sandy Dennis,

an actress:

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The out-of-towners,

splendor in the grass,

Sweet November.

She got two consecutive Tonys

and an Oscar.

It is the only thing that I own

that I really care about.

Now, I'm not gonna forget it,

and I'm not gonna leave it.

I don't care what you do

or where you go--

You're upset.

(Dennis)

on her deathbed,

She still wanted me

to get into the movie industry,

So I figured,

"well, it couldn't hurt

anything.

It's done her pretty good

and whatnot."

So I figured,

"what the heck?

I'll give it a shot."

(Pam Dennis)

when she was--

started doing the movies,

And she started

making more money,

Then she just started

being generous with her money,

You know, by sending grandma

places that she wanted to do

And having us girls come

and spend time with her.

You know, I spent a Summer

in England with her

When I was 16,

and I mean, good grief.

You know, she just bought me,

like, everything I ever wanted.

You know, it was like

a teenager's dream.

She basically kept

a very private life,

You know, with her family

and stuff like that.

She didn't want a lot

of this stuff out.

(Gehrt)

my fourth night in the town--

In town, period,

Fourth night ever,

I went to a broadcast seminar.

And I went in late,

And another Guy

came in late behind me

And sat down

and started ripping jokes.

We were telling jokes together,

and we just really clicked,

And we traded numbers.

Then two weeks later,

We were out to eat

for my birthday,

And he just--

he asked me what I wanted to do.

And I said,

"I don't know.

You know,

what do you want to do?"

He was like, "well, do you want

to go watch a movie?

I was like, "no,

we always go out to movies."

He was like, "well, do you want

to go to Vegas and get married?"

And I said, "sure."

He said, "are you serious?"

I said,

"yeah, you're not serious?"

He said, "yeah."

And so he said,

"check, please."

(Gehrt)

hey, honey.

Hey.

Say something

to our kids.

So you didn't think

your dad was cool, eh?

I was cool back in the day,

because I'm 26,

And you see how hip I was.

So we're at the Rio hotel

in Vegas style,

And it's a countdown about,

What, seven hours

till we get married?

[laughing]

(Chris)

so now, wait,

when you marry me,

You get

all the bad credit too.

Yes.

So if you--

if we ever get divorced,

Then you get half

of by bad credit

And half of my debt.

So you've got

to take that half.

It might be worth it.

So we're ready to rock.

What's the name

of this place?

(man)

Steve's buy and sell.

Steve's buy and sell,

So if you ever

want to get married--oh, yeah.

[laughs]

All right, next step:

Let's go get that license.

Okay, so it's official.

Hey, come here,

you little sh*t.

We just got married,

And the lady at burger king

didn't give a crap.

You notice that?

It was the best reception

I've ever been to

Until our second one.

[laughs]

Wow.

I love you.

Eh, hey.

(McQueen)

I was homeless

for approximately four years.

It was actually something

I would never push

on anybody else,

Especially being homeless

at a young age.

I still managed

to do my auditions

Because I was serious,

And I felt like my energy needed

to give off because of my pain.

And like they always say

in Hollywood,

"use that energy

to bring out the best in you."

I tell you, every audition

that I managed to get to,

It was tough,

because I had my bags with me,

You know,

and I felt embarrassed,

Because everybody else,

You know, was either driving,

you know, or dressed nice.

And my goal was not to let

anybody else know I'm homeless

Just by, you know,

the clothes you wear.

I always managed to wake up

early in the morning,

Go to McDonalds,

You know,

use that as my bathroom,

But at the same time, you know,

I would get, you know,

People, you know, looking at me.

You know, my hygiene

wasn't all there at sometimes,

You know,

'cause I would walk places.

My worst experience was actually

getting laughed at

At an audition.

And I don't wish that

upon anybody,

So it kind of hurt me.

Yo, this is it right here.

This is the old area.

I remember, late night,

midnight,

Me coming to get some sleep,

and I would head this way.

Right here is where

Joe McQueen slept.

Right here.

Wow.

I guess it's nothing now,

but this is where I would hide

From everybody,

right here.

Wow.

They put a whole gate here, man.

Yeah, you know,

I had my whole setup

right here.

You know, I would put my blanket

right here

And go to sleep

into the next day.

And then I would hear

the store owner's footsteps.

That's what would wake me up.

That was like my alarm clock,

you know, like,

He would say, "okay, get up,

get up, time to get up."

You know, but wow,

things change.

(woman)

hey, do a punch.

[speaking foreign language]

Okay, we turn in

with the heel.

Turn all the way.

Okay,

what are we doing here?

Sorry.

Turn--

Turn straight

with the heels.

Yeah, turn and--

hey!

Well, okay, now martial arts

and stuff was--

I kind of got thrown into it

way back when.

I started working for a guy,

a very rich guy,

And that's where I got

into the martial arts,

Because he wanted body guards

and stuff.

So that's when I got

into the martial arts,

And then I got into boxing.

And then of course,

he had his own stunt car thing,

So he put me as the driver.

That's how I became the driver,

and actually,

I got into guns and all that

because, you know,

Doing the bodyguarding

back in Texas.

And so, yeah, so I just became,

actually, very good at it,

And so now I'm trying

to make a living at it.

The heel.

Turn with the heel.

And, okay, from here--

change your--

That's fine, okay.

Actually,

the other way, right?

No, this hand's

right here,

So you've got to change

your other leg, okay.

(Allen)

we weren't exactly

on the side of the law,

But let's just say by--

not by choice, okay?

I had to work for--

The man I worked for,

like I said,

The guy was very rich,

but he was also very Italian,

And we'll leave that there.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes