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like that.

Don't put me out there, but yes.

Stalker, right here.

The squeaky wheel

does get the grease.

And then a little while later,

I was editing a short film,

which was a total

nightmare project...

Right, so I come in, and I take

care of everything, you know.

Handle it like a boss does, 'cause

I'm the boss. I do boss sh*t.

You know this, baby. I don't even

know why I'm telling you this.

He pulled some boss sh*t on it

and retrieved the media,

totally saved my ass.

He saved me untold

weeks of work.

He saved the producers

a lot of money,

and was a lot of fun

to work with.

- How about cheers to that?

- Cheers!

That's great!

I hate that you guys have a

more romantic story than us.

I have friends who do the Internet dating

thing, but I just... I could never.

- I could never.

- Mmm.

Nick, I don't wanna get

on you or anything, but

these carrots are

a little undercooked.

Darryl, that's not nice.

Nick knows I love his cooking.

The carrots are cooked perfectly.

They're al dente.

Okay, well, if that's French for

"not quite cooked," then sure.

They're al dente.

But I don't like them.

"Al dente" is Italian.

It's not French.

Oh, baby, he's getting...

Did you hear how

defensive he's getting?

You are being very rude.

How am I being rude?

Cheers. No?

It's good chicken.

No! No, no!

Stop, stop.

Please, save them.

You guys don't

deserve my carrots.

I want you to save

the good carrots!

No, you don't deserve them.

I don't deserve them? No.

- You didn't have any during dinner.

- I thought they were delicious.

I was saving them for lunch.

It's pearls before the swine.

No one gets them.

Wow.

One line, huh?

Yep, just one line,

but it's a pivotal line.

It's critical for the story.

I bet.

Okay. All right,

so when she's ready,

we're going to show you the scene

on that monitor over there.

- Okay.

- Okay. And, uh...

When you did it, I personally feel there

was only one take where you really, like,

really nailed it.

I think you're touching

your chest when you say it,

so I think there's a body

mike that's ruffled up.

- Oh, yeah.

- So that's what we're gonna try to...

So we're gonna

try to get that clean.

All right? Okay.

Where's Adrian?

Adrian is meeting with

distributors today, so...

Okay.

Okay, how we doing?

Um, okay, so you have to

just let me know

exactly what line

you want replaced.

I e-mailed this all to you.

Yeah, I didn't get it.

You didn't get the e-mail?

No.

It didn't go through?

I don't know if

your e-mail went through.

Why don't we open up your inbox and I can

show you that you probably got the e-mail?

Or we could just do it now.

Okay, the line is,

"I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that."

Okay. And who says it?

Who... Who's in

that booth right now?

- See that woman waving to you?

- Hi.

That's how we do it. The actor

who screwed up the line,

we bring them back in

to fix the line.

That's the... That's

the quirky system we have.

Cue the scene, please.

How you feeling?

You all right?

- I'm great.

- Need a water or anything?

I've got my apple juice.

Okay. Why don't you try it a few

times while she's getting ready?

The line? Yeah.

Okay. Um...

I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that.

I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that.

- What? Talk...

- No, no, it's good, it's good.

First of all, slow it

down a little bit.

But also, secondly,

I feel like when you...

And you'll see it when we show it to you,

but I feel like when you said it, like...

Maybe just try it

a little sexier.

Sorry, can you say that again?

I know that didn't sound sexy

just now when I said it.

I don't know, it was interesting.

Like, I got a whiff

for the first time, when you

said it that way, that,

you know, maybe

this is a girl who...

Maybe she likes being with a man

who is a little bit assertive.

Oh. Does she?

Maybe she likes being with a man who

talks a little bit dirty to her.

You know what I mean?

Does she? Yeah,

I know what you mean.

- Try it.

- Try what?

Try it the way I just

explained it to you.

Tell me how you want it.

You know how I want it. I

just told you how I want it.

I don't know how you want it.

I don't know you yet, but I

can give you what you like.

Tell me what you want.

Do it a little slower,

softer, and sexier.

You like it slow?

Yeah, I like it slow.

I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that.

Good. Say it again.

So demanding.

Telling me what to do.

Say it again.

I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that.

What did you say?

I said, I can't believe I let

you talk to me like that.

I'll talk to you any way

I goddamn please.

- Are you?

- Yeah.

You're gonna f***ing

talk dirty to me?

And you're gonna say these

lines exactly how I want them.

Or else what?

Or else we're gonna do it

over and over and over again

until I get what

I f***ing need from you.

I'm gonna say it to you

like you like it.

Otherwise I'm gonna

choke the f*** out of you

because I can't believe I let

you talk to me like that.

I'm gonna shove these lines down your

f***ing throat and you're gonna want more.

I'm gonna want more, I'm gonna swallow

it, and I'm gonna f***ing love it.

I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that.

And you're gonna spit it back to me

exactly the way I f***ing want it.

I can't believe I let you

talk to me like that.

Yeah, good. I think we're...

I think we're all set.

Okay, I'm gonna need,

like, 20 minutes.

- Look at all these.

- Okay, it's not my fault.

Well, whose fault... Did he

write all these winky faces?

- You wrote that, so that's... You're clearly leading him on.

- You know what?

No. No. No.

How long ago did you

break up with this guy?

Ew. Winky face?

Not winky face guy, the four-and-a-half

year relationship guy.

- Oh.

- Oh. The one.

The one. Yes.

Right. Mmm.

Uh, two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago?

Oh, okay, I thought it was further in the...

That's recent.

Wow, I'm sorry.

So the wound is still...

Still fresh.

Still bleeding.

- Gushing. Yeah.

- Still gushing.

- Wow, sorry.

- It's okay.

If you don't mind me asking,

what happened?

- I do mind you asking.

- It's okay.

- Why are you asking so many questions?

- I'm curious.

- You can feel free to ask me a question.

- Really? Okay.

Yeah. All right.

Have you ever been dumped?

I actually haven't

been dumped. I haven't.

Lucky you.

Yeah, I think it's... I think

it's by design, somehow.

In retrospect, I...

I think I tend to date

women who are...

Beneath you so

they won't dump you.

I wouldn't use the word

"beneath" me.

It's not in them

to do that, somehow.

And I think subconsciously

I'm aware of that

when I begin getting

friendly with them.

Well, he dumped me, and...

You know, it's okay.

I think that everyone...

It's healthy for everyone to be

dumped at least once in their life.

And also,

you know, smoking pot helps.

Have you been smoking a lot of pot?

Yeah.

- Really?

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