For Your Consideration Page #4

I thought Purim meant "a face."

Cute little Purim.

- That's a punim.

- You straightened me out.

It's the one in the shack,

where the shrubs--?

No, no, no, that's Sukkot, Sukkot.

No, Purim, a lot of people

don't really know.

I mean, I didn't know that much

about Purim, but I like Purim a lot.

And it's got a tremendous amount

of symbolic...

...and metaphorical resonance

wrapped up in there.

- You like writing?

- We love to write.

- That's great.

- We would write if they didn't pay us.

And guess what, they usually don't.

- Some--

- That's why we're still teaching.

We write just enough

to keep us in teaching.

- Put it that way.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Let me just throw something at you.

- Okay, okay.

Philip, what is your favorite place?

I'd say Chicago.

Lane?

Under my mother's dining room table.

She's here, Daddy!

She's coming up the walk!

- Hey, sis.

- Hey, little brother.

Look at you, all decked out

in Uncle Sam's finest.

Well, if Tojo wants a fight,

a fight he's gonna get.

- Hello, Daddy.

- Ruchel.

My, my, you're a sight for sore eyes.

Daddy, Sam, I'd like you to meet my...

My friend Mary Pat Hooligan.

- Well, welcome to our home.

- Thank you.

How's Mama?

Rachel?

Mama.

We're late, I think.

It was nice of you

to keep my sister company on this trip.

I love Rachel.

We don't spend a lot of time apart.

Do you two live near each other?

Well, if you call sleeping in the same bed

"near each other," I suppose we do.

Well, that just don't make no sense.

Sam, I love your sister.

- And cut.

- That's a cut!

- Okay, that was the best one.

- Hold it.

Okay, all right. Yeah.

Everybody stay where they are, okay?

I thought that was great.

Victor, come on out.

I thought that was fantastic.

I mean, you know.

I didn't think it was exactly

as it should be.

- Stinks.

- Tell me what's going on.

Okay, I'm just not feeling--

I'm not feeling it.

I feel like it's ambiguous.

I don't think it's clear that I'm gay.

I mean, I got the look,

but I just think that we're...

- ...p*ssy-footing around--

- Excuse me?

- That makes you sound gay.

- If I say--?

Let me approach this a different way,

because you're all--

There's obviously something that

isn't jelling about what we just did.

- I could be blind. I mean, this walks in--

- No, I understand.

Okay, time, time.

Look, this is just... It's just paper.

It's paper and they put a letter and a name

and a word and then they called it a script.

But you know what? I'd be--

Let's toss this away.

Let's start from scratch.

- Oh, Jesus.

- What would you do?

Okay.

- Where's Whitney? Where's Whitney?

- We don't care about the script.

Here's what I'd like to do.

And I don't mean to be the leader,

but I am.

So let's follow me around a circle.

You follow around.

And we kept going.

And remember the mumbling we did.

My name is Sam Pischer.

I'm stationed in the Galpagos Islands.

And we stop. It's like musical chairs...

Are you seeing this? What is this about?

What is this about?

Why is the script on the floor?

- It's upsetting.

- What's this about?

You're another person. You're Debbie.

You're Brian. Say those lines.

- I'm Vic?

- Say her lines.

- Say his lines.

- I'm Sam.

- Just a couple of words.

- We have to speak--

Well, I'm gonna talk to Jay.

I'm gonna get him.

- Lincoln.

- Yeah, yeah, Miss Brown?

- Lincoln, I need to talk to Jay right away.

- All right. That director dude, right?

- Yes.

- All right.

I'm gonna shoot this again

and there's no script.

I don't even want to know

what's happening. What?

Whitney wants to see you.

- I'll be out in a second.

- No, she needs to see you right now.

Okay. I'll be right back.

We're gonna continue this.

I want you to do some exercise.

All of you guys, you pick this up, okay?

- Let's go.

- I'm Mary Pat Hooligan...

- Jay? Here.

- ...I'm Irish and I'm a freaking lesbo.

- I just want to-- Hi. Hi.

- Jay.

So, what's going on?

Well, Philip Kuntz and Lane Iverson

both have a problem.

- Koontz.

- Koontz.

We were a little bit disturbed when

we saw you throw the script on the floor...

...because the actors were asking

legitimate questions--

It was a way to motivate them.

It was a way to get them thinking:

- "Oh, spilkes, something happening."

- Hey, look.

I don't want to throw the baby out

with the bathwater.

You'll get a wet, critically-injured baby.

That's not what

you want to put your name on.

- Good point.

- Well-put.

I think you've lost your minds.

I don't think you understood

what was happening.

Those exercises,

the things we were doing, the thing--

You need to light a fire under an actor--

It seemed like you were

dodging the questions...

...the legitimate questions

the actors were asking.

- Lane?

- You were saying, "I don't really know."

Didn't say it out loud. In here.

"I don't know, but I'll have them

walk in a circle and change hats."

- But what about me?

- Lane.

I am not dodging your questions.

I'm trying to--

We're having a conversation here,

all right?

I'm just saying,

don't provoke the situation.

Me, don't provoke?

We didn't walk on in the middle

of the scene and say, "Don't do this."

- Yes, we did.

- We did.

Right.

Marilyn--

- Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

- Every time.

I'm sorry. I wanted to let you know

you're wrapped for the day.

- No, I have another scene.

- They just said that you're all done.

Of course they did.

Next time, they'll tell me.

I'll make sure they do. I'm sorry.

- And your name is...?

- Sam.

No, it isn't. No, it isn't.

That's not what I've been calling you.

I know, you've been calling me Brian.

- Because your name is Brian.

- It's Sam.

I'm so sorry, Sam. I love you.

I love--!

- Sam.

- Sam! I love Sam!

Thank you.

- Sorry, Sam.

- It's okay.

You work the computers

in the AD wagon, I've noticed.

- Yes.

- So you know about these movie sites...

...where they go to sets

and talk about them on computers.

- Sure.

- Why am I telling you this?

But it seems my name

has been mentioned...

...with reference to an Oscar nomination.

- Wow, that's exciting.

- Oh, big deal.

- That's exciting.

- But-- Yeah, so I just...

You might have known

or seen such a thing.

Would you like me to do

some research for you?

- If you want to.

- Sure.

- Wonderful.

- I'll let you know tomorrow.

- Big deal, but if you can--?

- Okay.

- Say your name again.

- Sam.

- Sam. Thank you, Sam.

- My pleasure.

- Thank you, Sam.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Oscar. It would be in reference to Oscar.

Are you still there, Sam?

- I'm here. I'll look it up. Oscar.

- Okay.

- Wonderful.

- Great.

- If you can. Not a big deal. Who cares?

- Okay.

Oh, Marilyn, wow. Okay.

No, stop it. Stop it, dear.

Let it go, let it go.

Don't think about it.

Oh, an Oscar. Oh, okay.

No, thank you. Just-- I just love the work.

It's enough for me. It really is.

It really is. Really is.

It's enough. It's enough. It's plenty.

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