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    A woman asks her partner if he has seen her book. He says no. She tells him her acting audition did not go well. They have a discussion with her mother about how long she should continue pursuing acting as a career if she is facing disappointment. Her mother suggests she may want to consider other options, but her partner defends her, saying she is still pursuing her dream. They argue about how her mother is always discouraging her.

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    A woman asks her partner if he has seen her book. He says no. She tells him her acting audition did not go well. They have a discussion with her mother about how long she should continue pursuing acting as a career if she is facing disappointment. Her mother suggests she may want to consider other options, but her partner defends her, saying she is still pursuing her dream. They argue about how her mother is always discouraging her.

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    A woman asks her partner if he has seen her book. He says no. She tells him her acting audition did not go well. They have a discussion with her mother about how long she should continue pursuing acting as a career if she is facing disappointment. Her mother suggests she may want to consider other options, but her partner defends her, saying she is still pursuing her dream. They argue about how her mother is always discouraging her.

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    552
    00:35:26,806 --> 00:35:28,086
    Hi, darling.
    553
    00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,766
    Have you seen my Strindberg book?
    554
    00:35:29,846 --> 00:35:31,166
    No.
    555
    00:35:31,246 --> 00:35:33,006
    How did your audition go?
    556
    00:35:33,086 --> 00:35:36,366
    Oh, it was pretty awful, I'm afraid.
    557
    00:35:36,406 --> 00:35:39,286
    It's her own fault, bless her.
    She just tightens up.
    558
    00:35:39,366 --> 00:35:42,206
    Well, I'm sure something
    worthwhile will come along.
    559
    00:35:42,246 --> 00:35:46,726
    Unfortunately, there's just not anything
    right now that I'm that great for.
    560

    00:35:48,766 --> 00:35:51,046


    So, how long do you keep it up?
    561
    00:35:53,366 --> 00:35:54,926
    How long?
    562
    00:35:55,006 --> 00:35:58,286
    Well, if time passes
    and nothing significant materializes,
    563
    00:35:58,366 --> 00:36:02,886
    how long do you keep on going
    before you decide that?
    564
    00:36:02,966 --> 00:36:05,646
    To try something else?
    565
    00:36:05,966 --> 00:36:08,366
    I hardly think Nola's
    reached that point, Mother.
    566
    00:36:08,446 --> 00:36:09,446
    I'm not saying that.
    567
    00:36:09,526 --> 00:36:12,206
    All I'm saying is
    you give acting a try for a time,
    568
    00:36:12,286 --> 00:36:16,006
    and if you keep being disappointed
    you have to ask yourself the question,

    569
    00:36:16,046 --> 00:36:20,206
    "Is this really what I want in my life?
    Is this what I want?"
    570
    00:36:20,246 --> 00:36:22,526
    Well, I do ask myself that.
    571
    00:36:22,606 --> 00:36:24,726
    See? It's only logical, Tom.
    572
    00:36:24,806 --> 00:36:27,086
    Especially for a woman.
    573
    00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:30,006
    It's a particularly
    cruel business for a woman,
    574
    00:36:30,086 --> 00:36:32,806
    and as you get older and time passes,
    575
    00:36:32,886 --> 00:36:35,126
    if nothing happens
    it gets harder and harder.
    576
    00:36:35,886 --> 00:36:38,726
    Eleanor,
    Nola isn't exactly over the hill.
    577
    00:36:39,686 --> 00:36:42,366
    I'm not saying now.

    578
    00:36:42,446 --> 00:36:46,406
    But I'm a great one
    for facing up to realities.
    579
    00:36:46,566 --> 00:36:49,486
    Your take on these realities
    is your own opinion and nothing else.
    580
    00:36:49,566 --> 00:36:52,046
    Frankly, not everybody else
    is interested in hearing about it.
    581
    00:36:52,126 --> 00:36:54,286
    Tom, don't raise your voice
    to your mother, please.
    582
    00:36:54,366 --> 00:36:56,406
    I'm not raising my voice.
    And I'm sorry, Papa,
    583
    00:36:56,486 --> 00:37:00,406
    but she's always on Nola's case,
    continually discouraging her via...
    584
    00:37:00,486 --> 00:37:01,846
    ...innuendos.
    585
    00:37:01,926 --> 00:37:04,566
    All I'm saying is acting's
    so will-o'-the-wisp.
    586
    4

    00:37:04,646 --> 00:37:06,686


    Those that have it, know it right off.
    587
    00:37:06,726 --> 00:37:09,286
    To pursue it because
    you don't want to admit defeat
    588
    00:37:09,366 --> 00:37:12,206
    to friends back home is,
    frankly, unrealistic.
    589
    00:37:12,286 --> 00:37:14,286
    I'm sorry, but that's the way I feel.
    590
    00:37:14,886 --> 00:37:16,206
    Excuse me.
    591
    00:37:16,846 --> 00:37:17,846
    Nola.
    592
    00:37:17,926 --> 00:37:20,126
    It's OK. I'd like to be alone, thanks.
    593
    00:37:20,206 --> 00:37:23,126
    Well, thank you very much. And I'm
    sorry if I'm raising my voice now,
    594
    00:37:23,206 --> 00:37:25,406
    but you know that's her
    Achilles heel, emotionally.
    595
    5

    00:37:25,446 --> 00:37:29,006


    He's right, Eleanor. I think
    you've had one too many G and T's.

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