‘Fat Pig’ (Carter): “Dude, I understand”
Carter tells Tom a story from his childhood
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‘Fat Pig’ (Carter): “All I’m saying is this…”
Carter tries to convince Tom that he’s only young once
‘Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune’ (Johnny Talks Kids)
Johnny dreams of the kids he and Frankie could have
‘The Columnist’ (Halberstam): “We did it! It’s all our fault!”
A bar in Saigon. Halberstam carries a sheet of teletype paper as he talks to Stewart.
‘The Lisbon Traviata’ (Stephen): “I’ll never forget the night she did this at the old Met”
STEPHEN: I’ll never forget the night she did this at the old Met. The excitement in the air. Everybody was there. Jackie Kennedy was in a box with Leonard Bernstein. No, that was for the return as Tosca seven years later and she was Jackie Onassis and she was with
‘The Lisbon Traviata’ (Mike)
MIKE: I’m tired. Stephen. I’m tired of saying I’m sorry all the time. I’m tired of tiptoeing through my life because it might interfere with yours. I’m tired of being told what opera to like, what book to read, what movies to go to, I’m tired of being your father,
‘A Chorus Line’ (Paul)
So I took a deep breath and started down the stairs and just as I passed my mother I heard her say : “Oh, my God.”
‘Gone Girl’ (Tommy): “Do I look like I’d do well in prison?”
Tommy tells Nick about his time with Amy and when she accused him of sexual assault
‘The Fault in Our Stars’ (Isaac): “Augustus Waters talked so much that he’d interrupt you at his own funeral”
A dramatic teen monologue from the movie, The Fault in Our Stars
‘The Fault in Our Stars’ (Gus): “Hush! I’m in the midst of a grand soliloquy here”
Gus gives Hazel her one true wish in this monologue from ‘The Fault in Our Stars’
‘Fools Rush In’ (Alex)
Monologue from the movie, ‘Fools Rush In’, where Alex finally decides that Isabel is the one he loves.
‘A Civil Action’ (Jan Schlichtmann)
A lawyer talks about the chances of a case to a possible client. A monologue from the movie, A Civil Action
‘Other Desert Cities’ (Trip)
Trip: You know, let me just like preface this with – uh, I’ve lived most of my life in the shadow of a brother I barely knew – and I have about “this much” left – ok? That said – the people in this book are not the same as
‘The Goodbye Girl’ by Neil Simon
Elliott: Will you listen very, very carefully to me? Just for once. This may be the last time I ever talk to you. Not everyone in this world is after your magnificent body, lady. In the first place, it’s not so magnificent. It’s fair, but it ain’t keeping me up