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CALVIN:
Gus Delario... | the invisible man is Gus.

He's one of those guys...

who you feel like | you know them really well...

but when | you think about it...

you don't really know them | at all, you know what I mean?

And, you know, obviously...

you look at his track record | of all the movies he's done...

He's been very successful. | Almost every actor in town...

wants to work in, you know, | one of Gus's movies.

FRANCESCA:
I've done | some mean things in my life.

Yeah. And sometimes, | the... ahem, ahem...

the worst part is | is that sometimes...

it doesn't bother me.

I just say, well, | yeah, this is mean.

I wanted to be mean, | and I was mean.

Period.

LEE:
Well, I have to be | somewhat judgmental...

because of what I do, | you know...

so I don't think | that it's such a bad thing...

to be judgmental.

I think that's | how you get through life.

You have to assess things...

and people do it | about you all the time...

and that's life, | and it's too bad.

CARL:
I think there is | no amount of money...

I could have been paid...

there is no deal | that I could have made...

that she would not have felt | that I had been too passive...

and that... I think that...

her opinion of me | on that level...

was formed before | the movie was ever sold.

I think it has nothing to do | with the movie, frankly.

ARTHUR:
It's frightening. | It's monstrous.

It's evil | to not have feelings.

So I spoke to Carl about it, | and we discussed it...

and we went immediately...

to the most monstrous | character...

we could think of in history...

you know, Hitler himself.

LINDA:
Yeah, they're always | trying to set me up...

Lee and Carl. They...

Well, they never have | introduced me to anyone...

but they always talk about | how I should be dating.

But they're | trying to set me up now...

with this producer friend | of theirs... a guy named Gus.

Uh... we'll see. | I don't think...

a film producer's going to go | for me, but I don't know.

- Catherine? | - Nicholas,

Yes,

- How are you? | - I'm good, How are you?

Excellent, Thank you, | Thank you for having me,

- Sure, | - Mind if we get started?

So, I play his partner,

An equal partner?

No, I'm his flunky,

if that's what you want to hear,

Is that what you want to write?

Is that what | you want me to write?

No, | No, you can write "sidekick,"

That's fine,

See, the thing is, | I've done a lot of TV,

He's an established star,

I figure it doesn't make me | any less talented,

So, no,

Look, if I'm going to make | the leap to the big screen,

I expect to work for it,

Don't that make sense?

Don't you think | most black actors,

expect to have to work | to make that leap?

It doesn't seem to happen | as often with white actors,

- Jesus, | - Don't you find that the case?

A couple of movies,

15,20 million dollar paychecks, | magazine covers,

OK, is this the kind of story | you want to write?

We can go there,

Trust me, I've got plenty | of opinions on the subject,

Jesus,

LEE:
Carl, | I've reached the point...

where I can't continue | in this marriage.

I'm writing because | I can't take any more...

emotional confrontations | about it.

I'm out of ideas, | and I want to make a change.

When I get home tonight, | we can discuss...

the practical issues | of how to separate.

Please don't call me. | I'm sorry.

"Fifth robbery in two weeks | at a pornographic bookstore,"

CARL:
Oh.

LEE:
| They say it's a woman.

Jesus,

Did you have | bad dreams last night?

LEE:
No.

Well, I did,

Well, I had a weird dream,

I dreamt that my job,

was that every day | I would go into work,

and narrate a documentary | about some guy's life,

and go home from work | and have dinner,

and go to bed and go back | to work in the morning,

It's like | I have no effect on anyone,

So, what's on for today?

More bloodshed,

God. | How do you stand it?

Hey, listen, don't | forget to make the brownies,

for Gus tonight, OK?

Right.

Bye,

ARTHUR:
Nobody I know...

is in any kind | of long-term relationship...

with anybody they've met | on the internet...

but the short-term stuff | have been pretty exciting.

I don't know what | I'm gonna do when I meet her.

She thinks I'm twenty-two | years old, and I'm not.

I'm not a painter, | although I'd like to paint.

So, it could be anything.

I mean, the imagination | could take you anywhere.

I find that | really, really exciting.

And it's one of those places | where I can lie.

LINDA:
I'm happy with | meeting men on the computer...

on the internet, | in the chat rooms.

And, you know, | people disappoint...

and these people | don't so much, so...

I really connected | with somebody.

So... and he's a painter...

and, you know, gosh...

five years from now, I'd like | to be living there with him.

I've told him | I'm a massage therapist...

and I didn't lie.

Um...

I lied a little about my age...

just a little... | because he's so young.

So, I just knocked | a few years off of that.

CAL VIN:
She said, | "No, baby, you're bored...

"but why are you | taking that out on us?"

It was that kind of thing,

It just... you know, | everything clicked,

for me,

Oh, Sorry,

You transcribe those yourself?

Someone at work,

- Like an intern? | - Mm-hmm,

Male or female?

What do you think?

Male,

Yeah, So, which is it?

And don't tell me | you're not gonna say,

Male,

- Ah, | - Mm-hmm,

Do you want to know | if he's straight?

Oh, no, I know he's straight,

Oh, sh*t,

Yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming,

Wait, Wait, I...

Django, go, go, go, go, go,

Hey, Frank!

CARL:
I'll tell you... | I'll tell you what it's like.

OK, you know, | I work at this magazine.

This magazine is great. | It's very good.

It has very high standards, | I think.

I think they can do | really good work.

But I think the guy | who runs the thing...

is just not very smart.

I mean, you know, | this is between us...

but I just don't think | he's very smart.

I think his instincts | are all wrong...

and I think | he's, you know, the big butt.

LEE:
Yeah, you know, | I've lost my temper in traffic.

I have. I've lost my temper.

I wouldn't call it road rage...

but I have gotten pissed | driving...

because people, you know...

they drive cars | that are ridiculous...

you know, wrong for them.

I don't really like my job.

I've thought about | doing something else.

I like the money.

I don't even | like that that much.

I could get a betterjob.

LINDA:
Lee is ambitious | and smart and beautiful...

and she always has been | all of those things...

and she's always done | really well, you know?

So, maybe she is | completely in control.

- Hey, | - Hey,

- Coffee, | - Herr director,

- How are you? | - What's up, man?

Rehearsing something | for ten days sucks,

And I know how tough it's been,

Oh, no, no, no. | Listen, listen...

I think I know | where you're going, man.

First of all,

I know I've been | all over the map,

and that's my process, | and I've kind of been crazy,

Listen, I really feel bad | about what I said,

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