Edmond Page #4

- Absolutely! Absolutely, yes!

- And-and not be someone else!

Why should you?

That's why I'm so proud

to be in this profession.

- I don't blame you.

- Because your aspirations...

And I'll bet you're good at it.

They have no bounds.

There's nothing to bound

you but your soul!

I understand.

- Do something for me.

- Uh...

Act something for me.

- Will you act something for me?

- Now?

- Yes.

- Sitting right here?

- Yes!

- Would you really like me to?

You know I would.

You see me sitting here.

- You know I would. I'd love you to!

- You want one?

- Nah.

- What would you like me to do?

Whatever you'd like.

What plays have you done?

Well, we've

only done scenes.

- You've only done scenes?

- I shouldn't say "only."

- They contain the kernel of the play.

- What plays have you done?

- In college, I played Juliet.

- In Shakespeare?

Yes, in Shakespeare.

What do you think?

Well, I just meant

there's-there's plays named "Juliet."

- There are?

- Yes.

- I don't think so.

- Well, there are.

Don't-don't-don't

be so limited

and don't assume I'm dumb

because I wear a suit and tie.

I don't assume that.

Because what we've done

tonight, since you met me...

it didn't make

a difference then.

Forget it.

All-all I meant, um...

- You say you're an actress.

- I am an actress.

Yes, that's what you say, so I say,

"What plays have you done?" That's all.

The work I've done,

I've done for my peers.

- What does that mean?

- In class.

- "In class"?

- In class or workshop.

Not for a paying group?

- No, absolutely not.

- Then you're not an actress.

Face it.

Let's start right,

the two of us.

I'm not lying to you, don't lie to me

and don't lie to yourself.

You are a beautiful woman.

You have worlds before you. I do too.

What I'm saying, start now,

start tonight, with me.

- Be what you are.

- I am what I am.

That is

absolutely right,

and that's what I loved

when I saw you tonight.

What I loved.

I use that word.

I loved a woman,

standing there...

a working woman

who brought life to what she did,

who took a moment

to joke with me!

That's... God bless

what you are!

Say it.

"I am a waitress!"

- Say it.

- What does it mean if I say something?

- Say it with me!

- What?

- "I am a waitress!"

- I think that you'd better go.

If you want me

to go, I'll go.

Say it with me... what you are.

And I'll say what I am.

Say what you are,

and I'll say what I am.

- What you are?

- I've made that discovery.

Now, I want you to

change your life with me!

Right now!

For whatever that it can be!

I don't know what that is;

you don't know.

Speak with me, right now!

Say it!

I don't know what

you're talking about!

Oh, but the Lord, yes you do.

Say it with me!

- What are those?

- Pills.

For what? Don't take them.

Go through it with me!

- I have this tendency to get anxious.

- Don't take them!

Go through it!

Go through it with me!

- You're scaring me!

- I am not!

I know when I'm scaring you,

believe me.

- Get out!

- Glenna!

Get out! Get out!

Get out! Get out!

Leave me the f*** alone!

What did I do, pledge my life to you?

I let you f*** me!

Go away!

Listen to me.

You know what madness is?

- I told you, go away!

- Listen to me.

Lis...

I'm lonely too.

I know what it is too,

believe me.

- You know what madness is?

- Suzy?

- It's self-indulgence.

- Suze, can you come over here?

Will you please put that down!

Do you know how rare this is?

- Oh, f***.

- Don't be ridiculous.

- I'm talking to you!

- Don't hurt me!

L... no no, I can't deal with this.

- You're being ridiculous!

- L... no no. Help! Help!

- Would you shut the f*** up?

- Help!

What are you trying

to do, for God's sake?

- Help!

- You wanna wake the neighbors?

- Will somebody help me?

- Shut up!

- Help!

- Shut up!

Will somebody help?

You get away from me! You are the devil!

I know who you are! I know what you want

me to do! Get away from me!

- I curse you! Get away from me!

- You shut the f*** up!

- You can't kill me! I'm good!

- You stupid f***ing b*tch!

- No!

- You're nuts! Are you insane?

Are you insane?

You f***ing b*tch!

You stupid f***ing b*tch!

You stupid f***ing...

Now look

what you've done.

Now look what you've

bloody f***ing done.

My mother had

a hat like that.

My mother had

a hat like that.

I'm not making

conversation.

She wore it for years.

She wore it when I was a child.

I didn't just

make it up.

- It happened.

- Excuse me.

Who the f*** do you think you are?

I'm talking to you!

What am I, a stone?

Did I say, "I want to lick your p*ssy"?

I said my mother

had that same hat!

You c*nt!

What am I, a dog?

I'd like to slash

your f***ing face!

I'd like to slash your

motherfucking face apart!

- Will somebody help me?

- You don't know who I am!

Is everybody

in this town insane?

F*** you! F*** you!

F*** you!

F*** the lot of you!

F*** you all!

I don't need you!

I worked all my life!

I worked all my life!

I worked all my life.

Folks...

You say,

"Oh, no, not me.

Not me, Lord, to whom

you hold out Your hand.

Not me to whom You offer

Your eternal grace.

Not me who can be saved."

But who but you, I ask?

Who but you?

You say you are

a grievous sinner?

He knows that you are!

You say, "He does not know

the depth of my iniquity."

Believe me, friends,

He does.

And still you say

He does not know.

You say this

in your secret soul.

"He does not know

the terrible depth of my unbelief."

Believe me, friends,

He knows that too.

To all of you

who say His grace

is not meant to extend

to one as black as you,

I say, "Who but you?"

To you alone.

Not to the blessed.

You think that Christ

died for the blessed?

That He died for

the heavenly host?

That did not make Him God!

It does not need a God.

For you!

There is none so black

but that He died for you.

It's required of God

to sacrifice for man.

You hear me?

For you!

He died

especially for you.

Upon my life,

on the graves

of my family,

and by the surety

I have of

his eternal bliss.

He died for you,

and you are saved!

Praise God, my friends!

Praise God and testify.

Who will come up

and testify with me, my friends?

Who will come up

and testify?

Who will testify

for Jesus?

Who will testify with me?

I will testify.

Who is that?

I will testify!

- Sweet God, let that man come forth!

- Let him forward.

That's the man.

That's the man.

Who will come

open up his soul?

Hallelujah, my friends!

Be with me!

That's the man!

That's the man!

Get him now!

That's him! Stop him!

Where is that man?

Let him come forth!

- Just a minute, sir.

- I-I-I'm on my way to church.

Sweet Jesus,

let that man come forth!

That's the man that tried

to rape me on the train!

- Rape?

- Rape?

What's this

all about, sir?

- He had a knife!

- Must be some mistake.

He tried to rape me. That's the man

who tried to rape me on the train!

There's some mistake.

- I'm on my way to church.

- What's the trouble here?

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