
Good Will Hunting Page #32
A beat.
WILL:
So what'd I think? I'm holdin' out
for somethin' better. I figure I'll
eliminate the middle man. Why not
just shoot my buddy, take his job
and give it to his sworn enemy, hike
up gas prices, bomb a village, club
a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and
join the National Guard? Christ, I
could be elected President.
SEAN:
Do you think you're alone?
WILL:
What?
SEAN:
Do you have a soul-mate?
WILL:
Define that.
SEAN:
Someone who challenges you in every
way. Who takes you places, opens
things up for you. A soul-mate.
WILL:
Yeah.
Sean waits.
WILL:
Shakespeare, Neitzche, Frost,
O'Connor, Chaucer, Pope, Kant--
SEAN:
They're all dead.
WILL:
Not to me, they're not.
SEAN:
But you can't give back to them,
Will.
WILL:
Not without a heater and some serious
smelling salts, no...
SEAN:
That's what I'm saying, Will. You'll
never have that kind of relationship
in a world where you're afraid to
take the first step because all you're
seeing are the negative things that
might happen ten miles down the road.
WILL:
Oh, what? You're going to take the
professor's side on this?
SEAN:
Don't give me your line of sh*t.
WILL:
I didn't want the job.
SEAN:
It's not about that job. I'm not
saying you should work for the
government. But, you could do anything
you want. And there are people who
work their whole lives layin' brick
so their kids have a chance at the
kind of opportunity you have. What
do you want to do?
WILL:
I didn't ask for this.
SEAN:
Nobody gets what they ask for, Will.
That's a cop-out.
WILL:
Why is it a cop-out? I don't see
anythin' wrong with layin' brick,
that's somebody's home I'm buildin'.
Or fixin' somebody's car, somebody's
gonna get to work the next day 'cause
of me. There's honor in that.
SEAN:
You're right, Will. Any man who takes
a forty minute train ride so those
college kids can come in in the
morning and their floors will be
clean and their trash cans will be
empty is an honorable man.
A beat. Will says nothing.
SEAN:
And when they get drunk and puke in
the sink, they don't have to see it
the next morning because of you.
That's real work, Will. And there is
honor in that. Which I'm sure is
why you took the job.
A beat.
SEAN:
I just want to know why you decided
to sneak around at night, writing on
chalkboards and lying about it.
(beat)
'Cause there's no honor in that.
Will is silent.
SEAN:
Something you want to say?
Sean gets up, goes to the door and opens it.
SEAN:
Why don't you come back when you
have an answer for me.
WILL:
What?
SEAN:
If you won't answer my questions,
you're wasting my time.
WILL:
What?
Will loses it, slams the door shut.
WILL:
F*** you!
Sean has finally gotten to Will.
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