James Dean Page #3

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Are you an actor?

Actress. I'm an actress.

What are you writing,

Miss Actress?

Audition scene.

Yeah? Who wrote it?

That's what I'm trying to do.

Can I see it?

Yeah.

Well, this is the first page.

- So?

- Yeah, this is good.

What are you auditioning for?

The Studio.

Actors Studio?

Yeah.

Wow.

Brando's like some kind

of lifetime member there, right?

Yeah.

What's your name?

No, wait, don't, don't, don't.

- Why not?

- I don't know.

How about...

How about I take you out tonight?

I'll give you a ride on my motorcycle.

And then after I take you home

after the movie...

...when I lean in to kiss,

you can tell me then.

You got a scene partner?

I did.

Come on!

- I can't...

- Come on!

- Come on!

- Let's do it!

Let's go!

Oh, this is great.

What's the matter?

White.

Christine White.

My name.

Good to meet you.

Okay, I need Morty Chase

and Stanley Rushton.

Yes, gentlemen, please. Thank you.

Ah, excuse me. Excuse me.

Who's watching the auditions?

Kazan, Lee Strasberg,

and Cheryl Crawford.

- They're all here.

- Who?

Strasberg, Elia Kazan

and Cheryl Crawford.

- Oh, my God.

- Good.

Hey, that's my prop! Don't drink it!

Jimmy. Jimmy, stop! Come on.

You just drank my prop, Jimmy.

Okay, Christine White and James Dean?

Yes, that's us.

- You're on next. Are you ready?

- We're ready. Thank you.

Oh, my God.

Where are your glasses?

No, they're wrong for my character.

Wait, can you see anything

without your glasses?

Yeah, I see fine.

What do you think, man? How-

Yeah, very, very funny.

Put on your glasses.

I can't, Chris.

They're back at my place.

Why'd you leave them at your place?

They're wrong for my character.

I don't want to be tempted to use them.

Dean, White, let's go!

Oh, sorry. I didn't-

That's a chair.

You're apologizing to a chair.

I'm telling you, Jimmy, you never know.

Look at me when I auditioned

for Tennessee Williams.

I thought I was terrible.

You were terrible.

You didn't get the part.

It's just a detail.

Hi.

I'm Rogers Brackett.

Oh, God. The director?

A mutual friend tells me that

you're enormously talented.

Yeah, I guess.

I know of something that

you just might be right for.

A TV drama. It's a very good role.

So... would you like to audition?

Yeah, sure.

There's a party at my place tonight.

How would you feel about stopping by?

We could chat about the project.

There'll be some interesting men there.

Yeah, that sounds like a ball.

Here's my card.

Why don't you come by late?

Say midnight?

Yeah, midnight. That...

Perfect.

Good. See you later.

Right on.

That man's a class-A faygalah,

you know that, right?

Yeah, the man's a class-A faygalah

with a paying job.

Oh, Lord, you look like Hamlet!

Come in.

I'm drumming. Go to hell!

Come on, Jimmy. It's important!

Open up, open up! Come on!

Come on!

You want to break my door down?

- What's that?

- Actors Studio.

- Let me see.

- No.

Chris, let me see.

- Chris!

- Wait, wait!

- I'm gonna pour water on you.

- Wait, wait, wait!

You want to open it?

Or should I?

Here, you do it.

Oh, God.

Come on!

What?

We're in.

Both of us?

Both of us. We are in!

Give me that Actors Studio butt!

Dear Father...

...I hope you're well.

I think of you often.

My life in New York is a happy one.

I'm finding work as an actor.

I'm in a TVplay

that will be broadcast live...

...all over the country

in two weeks' time.

I hope you can watch.

And he'd yell up to me:

"Yo, Joey.

Come on down and play, Joey.

Joey. "

I hate to be wrong, but you were right.

Thank you, Louie.

Jimmy, you were fantastic!

I'm so proud. We all watched.

Saw it, saw it.

Here, here, here. Double Black Label,

the nectar of the gods.

- Jerry, give me two more of these.

- Thank you.

That's for me, man.

I was just on national TV.

So you're on TV,

and too cheap to buy me a drink.

Raise your glasses, everybody.

Raise your glasses.

I'd like to make a toast to James Dean...

...who's just achieved

what we all aspire to. Paid work!

Father, it's James.

Did you get a chance

to watch the play on TV?

It was tonight.

It was the one I wrote you about.

No. No, I don't mind.

I understand.

Yes, sir.

Okay, James Dean is next. James Dean!

Yeah.

That's James Dean.

Mr. Dean, you're reading

for an Arab, not a cowboy.

Would you mind removing your hat?

Sure.

Can you read

with broken glasses?

No, not so well, but...

I'd like to give it a shot, if you

don't mind, Mr. Rose and Mr. Mann.

It's okay with me. Let's start from...

...act two, scene one,

Bachir's entrance.

Okay, page 36. We're gonna

pick it up in the middle of the page.

Right there.

"Sir, did that doctor tell you

anything about me, sir?"

"Why? Is there something to tell?"

"Uh, no, sir. "

"He's a- He's a good doctor. "

"Are you hungry?"

"No. "

Okay.

I'm sorry, I...

I'm having trouble

seeing through the tape on my glasses.

How long will it take to fix them?

It's not the time, it's...

It's the 10 bucks.

Hang on.

Come here, kid.

Get your glasses fixed.

Come back this afternoon. Around 4:30?

Yeah, okay, 4:
30's great.

- All right, thank you.

- Don't forget your hat.

All right.

That's a nice rose there.

Nice kid.

- You think?

- He's adorable.

Now, let's try it again, okay?

Let's do one more.

We can get it this time.

Okay.

Sir, did the doctor tell you

anything about me?

No, no, no, no. That doctor.

There's another "sir" at the end.

See it?

Let's try it again.

Sir, did that doctor tell you

anything about me, sir?

Perfect!

All right, here.

You got change for a 10?

Sir...

...did that doctor tell you

anything about me, sir?

"Why? Is there something to tell?"

Oh, no, sir. He's a good doctor.

Are you hungry?

"No. "

I brought it too soon.

What a shame.

That's enough.

- Thank you, Jimmy.

- Wait, wait, wait.

I really like him, Danny.

He's good.

- A little too weird, though.

- I'd like to hear him read with Geri.

I'll try it.

Can you stick around

for a half-hour?

We'd like you to read

with Geraldine Page.

Yeah, sure, I'll...

I'm open. I'll be over there.

You took my 10 bucks

and didn't get your glasses fixed!

Yeah, I used it to eat.

But I memorized it

so I didn't have to read it.

Do you...

...forgive me?

Sure.

We're very interested in you

for this part.

Thanks.

Biskra is a confusing place.

Don't you think so, Michel?

No.

Well, perhaps not.

Perhaps I think so because

you've been in that awful hospital.

Jimmy, come on, that's your cue.

Come on, get up.

Ah, sorry.

Madame, I'm...

...so happy that my gentleman

came home that...

...I was too lively.

Hold it! Hold it!

Everybody, take 10.

We're on 10, but let's stay close!

Jimmy, come over here. Over here!

Come on! Clear the set,

but don't go too far.

Sit.

Now, I've been saying this

40 ways to Christmas...

...but you don't seem to want

to get it through your head.

- Thick head.

- What?

The expression is

"get it through your thick head. "

I'm breaking my ass trying

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