To Rome With Love Page #6

Do not forget my words, girl

You don't know that love

is a beautiful thing like the sun.

More than the sun, it gives warmth

down slowly through the veins

and gradually reaches the heart...

So, er... what're you thinking now that

you've fixed her with your pal?

I don't know.

Sally and I thought it would be a fun idea

to come out and visit these ruins.

Yes, so then what occurred?

What is it?

I don't know. I just... I know

I regreted introducing her to Leonardo.

Yes? You're jealous?

Yeah, all of a sudden,

I want to get her alone in a room...

...and tell her I've loved her.

Isn't that stupid?

I had never felt anything until

this afternoon, and suddenly...

Her face got to me, and I...

I loved how she... she wore her hair.

She looks great.

- How do you like Monica?

- Oh, she's lovely.

- I can't wait to see her again.

- Oh, yeah? You're gonna... gonna see her again?

- Tomorrow night.

- I think Sally and I are free Tomorrow night.

I think it's better

if there's just the two of us...

- Please. Right away. . .

- could you bring the menu, please?

Giancarlo, I took the liberty

of calling my friend,

and I set up an audition for you

with the recording comp...

I told you, "No".

But why? What do you

have against live people?

You... your whole life, you can't just

deal with people that have rigor mortis.

You've got a great voice.

You should be...

you should be singing

Pagliacci for multitudes.

- You... you know.

- Pagliacci?

Pagliacci, yes!

You... you were born to play that.

- I've always dreamed of singing Pagliacci.

- Yes, I know!

Of course, 'cause you're a natural.

That's... uh, you know, stick with me,

we can go very far, really.

- We?

- We, yes!

I would... I would manage you,

and I... I will direct you or put on

the greatest production of Pagliacci.

I'm telling you I know exactly what to do,

I... You have to believe me.

I... I don't know why I'm shouting,

you know, you're two inches in front of me.

Trust me.

Nessun sleeps! Nessun sleeps!

Even you, oh Princess,

in your cold room,

watch the stars which tremble with love,

and hope!

But my secret is hidden within me;

No one will know my name!

No, No! On your mouth ...

set, you stars!

Victory!

Victory!

How did it go?

You know what? Ask your father.

Uh-oh...

- I'm so sorry, Jerry. I let you down.

- No...

You should've seen his face.

He knew it was terrible.

It wasn't terrible, you know.

Yes, if you... if it was at La Scala where

they would've been throwing fruits and vegetables,

yes, they would have.

But, uh... this was a cold audition room.

It's all fantasy. You imagine

his voice is better than it really is,

because you're searching for an excuse

to come out of retirement.

Hey, don't psychoanalyze me, Phyllis, OK?

You know, many have tried, all have failed.

I didn't... My brain doesn't fit the usual

id, ego, superego model.

No, you have the only brain with three ids.

If we eat something,

surely we will feel better.

I'm not hungry.

It was a foolish idea to begin with.

Well, you father is a grown man,

I mean, he can make his own decisions.

I don't know why you showed up at all.

You know, you were sitting there

with a disapproving face,

very sour through the whole thing.

Maybe you made your father nervous.

I came because he's a simple man.

And I didn't want to send him alone

into a tank of music business sharks.

- Tank of sharks?

- Wow, you think my father is a shark?

In the aquatic world, I've been likened to

a spineless jellyfish, but that's about it.

Look, you defend your father,

bacause he's family, and I understand.

- But he is wrong.

- No, I defend him because you're wrong.

There's no sin in trying something and failing.

I don't want to say anything,

but I told you:

You choose projects that are doomed to fail.

You get some kind of a payoff out of failing.

What projects do I choose

that are doomed to fail?

Rigoletto, with everyone

dressed like white mice.

Can you hear him?

Is that not a gorgeous voice?

Sure, what good it is

if he can only do it in the shower?

Well, but you admit he can...

He is right, Jerry.

Everyone sings great in the shower.

That's right...

He does it in the shower.

Dad, even you sing in the shower.

I know, I...

In life I have a terrible voice, but

when I'm soaping myself under hot water,

I sound just like Eartha Kitt.

You look strange.

Phyllis, I'm having...

There's a psychological term for this.

I'm having a breakthrough or an epiphany...

Wha... what is that term for what I'm having?

A death wish.

Bravo, you were fantastic. Come,

let me introduce a fan of yours.

She has seen all your movies.

Milly, right?

- Yes, Milly.

- Hi. - I'm sorry.

- So you're one of my fans. - Yes

I have seen all of your films.

- I'm so flattered.

- No, it's true. - Yes? -

I believe that you are an amazing actor.

When you play an Arab or

terrorist or a divorced father...

- I always dreamed of being able to meet you.

- Can we have lunch together?

- What? You and I! - Eh.

- Together? - I only have an hour.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

You are the sexiest man in Rome,

second in World Film. Did you know?

Yes, that's what they tell me.

- Shall we?

- Yes

Thank you.

- Do you want to have many children?

- No, children? No.

You become their slave.

Diapers, schools, diseases...

Then they grow up, they leave,

and you never see them anymore.

Not so.

For me it was so.

You see, I ran away from home.

My father was a drug dealer and

stole for my mother in stores.

What could I do?

Was I not right?

- Look!

- He's a great actor.

- There is the actor, Luchino Salta.

- Where?

- Yes, that's him.

But he's married.

Who's that with him?

What's up? What is it?

I'm fine, I'm fine.

I cannot believe you are having lunch with me.

But I am the lucky one, you know?

I usually eat alone now.

No! You alone? You are married,

it is written all over the papers.

Marriage is like wine:

it is a wonder if it is good, if not...

We split up. The press does not know.

It's still a secret.

Of course.

No, I won't say anything.

- What are they doing?

- He looks into her eyes. He wants her.

I'd like for you to stop by and watch me

on the set this afternoon.

So you can give me some advice,

and you can tell me what you think...

Then, perhaps,

we can go to my hotel to talk about it.

Because, you are interested in my ideas?

- Should I be interested in something else?

- No, no.

- Ah.

- No, absolutely

It's just that Anthony, my husband, always says

my head is in the clouds.

This, perhaps, is a bit true, but...

He doesn't take your ideas seriously?

No, not seriously, respects them, but

they are scientific.

Yes, because I am a high school teacher.

I teach astronomy.

- Who would have guessed?

- Yes

So I doubt you are interested in

my ideas for acting.

Astronomy, then the sky,

the planets, the stars...

- You're... you are... Wait, I don't mean. .

- I'm saying nothing.

- Are you a Libra?

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