A grey, smoke smudged sky over which we hear a distant radio sound.

The camera continues downward

past an unsightly row of bricks.
Int: home- day
On a computer/TV screen watching movies.
Scene 1: inside the living room ...Bill expressing wish to be writer
Uncle Bob
I heard, you havent being doing well in part time classes.
Bill
Ive been trying to do well at school.
Uncle Bob
You can join me at the gas station/motel business. Why dont you start working at gas station?
Uncle Bob
-every one of us have a job at the gas station or at the motel.
Bill
- I don't want to do that.
Uncle Bob
What? Where eIse you going to get 10 bucks an hour and medical insurance and you have friends
watching your front and your back.
Bill
After iam done with my classes, I'm going to be a writer and maybe even write for movies. I will go to
college for writing.
Uncle Bob
Do what? Writing?
Bill
Yes
Uncle Bob (sarcastically)
And i wilI buy a mansion in Miami.
Uncle Bob

Bill grow up, be a better man.

Think about it.
Kid
Its dream of mine to be writer.
Uncle Bob
Dreams never come true.
////////////////////////////
Walks in thru doorsees roommate watching TV
Scene 2: with roommate ...discussing about writers and favorite ones
Bill (brings in pizza)

What are we watching?

Roommate
ChanneI 5.
Roommate
Do you want something to drink?
Bill
Im fine
Bill and roommate eating
Bill
Can we watch the writer's interview on TV?
///////////////////// ...power of words monologue
Bill
Lights camera action speeding.
/////////////////////
Scene 3: shooting an improv scene in a studio and also at an exterior location. Working on short films.
Ext: in front of nice location..we see him writing and cut to improve scene in small theatre

Bill
You know these Last four years at the theatre have gone by too fast.
Colleague
Yes. We had fun rehearsing and doing plays.
Bill
Let us rehearse a scene, one last time.

Bill and colleague rehearse a scene

Bill
I can't believe it's over.
Colleague
Well, everyone has left to get real jobs .the theatre is closing down.
////////////////////////story boarding /writing a scene. Same structure
Scene 4: in a classroom, not listening to the teacher....
in- classroom -day
Teacher, a kindly looking, grey haired civics head is using a pointer and a wall chart.

Teacher
The constitution originated...... but where?

Teacher turns and Bill staring out the window. The teacher smiling and shaking his head, walks over and
stands about a foot way from him. Bill is so deep in thought he is oblivious to the teacher's presence.
Teacher
Would you be interested in answering that?

Bill
I think it started as a..............

Teacher
-Don't even try.

If I were giving out grades for daydreaming, you'd be getting an A.

But in civics, you're faiIing....the problem with dreamers is, they usuaIIy aren't doers.
Their achievements are grand up here......but here where it counts, they faII short.
Teacher
Now, the constitution originated in state assembly.

Bill
Signing up the form in the hall way. If youre interested in being a student at NYU
Pease sign up by Wednesday, November 8Th.''
Teacher (looks at Bill signing up on the notice board)
You are signing up

Teacher
Do you have some friends there?
Bill
-No.
Teacher
-Then there must be some other reason.
Bill
I thought I could go.
Teacher
I'm sorry. This is for students who did well in all classes.
It's not a sightseeing tour.
Bill
Maybe someday I'II go to school there.

Teacher
You are failing......you don't have the grades for local college.
The secret to happiness in this Iife......is to be grateful for what u have.
...not everyone is meant to go to film school, join a writing program, be a writer and write for movies/TV
shows etc.
Teacher
Its not for you.
Bill
I want to give it a shot. I want to try for once in my life.
Teacher
You cant focus nor dedicate yourself to one single task.

Teacher
You are crazy to think you can be writer.

/////
Near a gas station
Scene: at work ....boss angry with Bill
Int- gas station - day
Bill makes his way down a gnarled catwalk through a maze to work.
Boss
You are Iate again today?
Bill
I was writing.
Boss
What? Get serious.
Boss
No special days here.

//////////////////////////////////
Near Tribeca
Scene: with the Kabir on his birthday receiving a gift t shirt and book and DVDs
Ext: work place
Its a hot day. Bill and Kabir are eating lunch outside under the shade.in the background of series of lights.
Ext- day
Another hot day. Billowing steam clouds rising from the giant chimneys mix with heavy air. Bill, sweat
through his grimy t shirt, does pushups next to machinery. Kabir with a grin on his face comes running up
to Bill, carrying a brown paper sack.
Kabir
What is today?
Bill
August 23 rd.
Kabir
And that is...?
Bill
My birthday.
Kabir
Twenty-two big ones!
Bill,
Its starting to go by too fast.
Kabir
WeII, I didn't have Time to wrap it, but....
Kabir gives bill a gift
Kabir
-Go ahead, open it.
Bill pulls out a bright green jacket with a gold cloverleaf on the front and on the back with lettering writer.
Bill is knocked out of happiness.
Bill

-You shouldnt have. This is fantastic.

Where did you find this?
Kabir
I saw it online and I said, ''That's gotta be yours.''
Bill
This is awesome. I don't know how to say thank you.
Bill
How does it Iook?
Kabir
It looks great.
Bill (sits down)
I can't wait to get to be writer and one day maybe write for movies. Be a scriptwriter.
Bill
Guess how much money I have saved up? 1000$
Kabir
That's a good start!
Bill
You're the onIy one who ever took me serious.
Kabir
WeII, you know what my grandfather aIways said. Having dreams is what makes Iife toIerabIe.''
///////////////////////////////////////////////
Scene: talking with friends about going to film event
Bill
What are you doing tomorrow night?
Kabir
IittIe TV, online Poker.
Bill
Kool but Writer Stephen king is in town and he is speaking at the New York CIub. Wanna go?

Bill
I have a poster of him on my wall.
At this Time, roger walks in
Kabir
Awesome. We should go.
Roger
Whats up guys?
Bill
Good
Roger
Are you gonna kiss his poster every night?
Kabir
-What is your problem?
Roger
-Or maybe he'II Iet you wipe his ass.
Kabir
-Why don't you Ieave him aIone?
Bill
Mind your own business.
Kabir
Hey, you used to play guitar,
When we were young, you used to tell us that you are going to be successful musician one day.
Roger
I used to play sports too.
Kabir
You know what the teacher said about you?
Roger
What did he say?

Kabir
He said you had an Iot of taIent. But your problem was, you were too afraid of taking risks.
You had no guts. Never committed yourself to be a successful musician.
Roger (almost threatening)
Go to heII.

Kabir
He said you were a pussy.You didn't have it in you.
Roger walks off. Later on...

Kabir and Bill walking

Bill
. I can take care of myseIf.
Kabir
Hey, you know what friends are for, right.

Bill
Ever since he started working here, hes been pissed off.
Kabir
Well, he's not the same kind of hero here......that he was earlier.
He failed to make it.dont let that deter you.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Scene: Kabir gets shot
Kabir
Bill, I need more water!
Bill
I'm not getting any!

Kabir
Try another vaIve!
Bill
I'm not getting any!
A shooter comes in and shoots kabir
Passerby (drives in)
You idiots, you take our jobs.
Passerby drives off.
Kabir
We need to get out of here!
Kabir is shot on shoulder.
Cut to hospital bedBill is sad, his face devoid of color and his eyes squeezed shut, looks like he might faint. Sonia grips his
hand.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
Kabir is on hospital bed.
Kabir tells Bill to pursue his dreams and not to waste Time,
//////////////////////
At Hospital
Scene: tells Sonia that he is going to school
Bill
I'm going to NYU and be a writer
Jackie
Now is not the Time.
Bill
If I don't go now, I'II never be any good to any. Im sorry.
Jackie
.if you have to go, then you'II have to go aIone.

/////////////////////////////////////
Grand central
Scene: discussing with Uncle Bob about father's business

Uncle Bob
I know, youre friend has been shot.
You can take coupIe of weeks off from work.
Bill
I need to do this.
Uncle Bob
Your father was good at computers and he saved aII of his Iife......to bring the family to this country.
Uncle Bob
He got a good job at a software company .He had a nice IittIe house...
Uncle Bob
Somebody soId him on the idea he ought to move to California... ...and do business. He was honest....he
buys some Iand, you know, and start software and a real estate business. Within five months, real estate
goes down. It was the Depression.CouIdn't seII the Iand.There was no work. So one day......he moved
back to India.
Didn't come back and he left you with us to take care. Ive been taking care for you.This is how you repay.
Bill
Well, I will pay back.
Uncle Bob
You are good hard working boy but it takes you an hour to read five pages.
You got a good job at the gas station.

Uncle Bob
Chasing a stupid dream...causes nothing but you and everyone around you heartache.
Uncle Bob
Films, writing is for rich kids...

It's not for u.It is for those who come from film/ theatre families and backgrounds.

You have a good life.

You can take over the hotel/gas station. In coupIe of years, u will make more than even me. You can even
bring ur father here.
Bill
I don't wanna to be the guy that works at a gas station. I want to do my own thing.
///////////////////////////////////////////////attendant.garage near nyu
He turns and walks down the street.
Ext- bus station - day
Bill still in his black suit, sits in a nearly empty station. Tensely staring out at the country side.as the bus
finally moves into the city. The bus turns the corner on Joseph Avenue and we see Bill's widen eyes.
Bill looks at NYU sign
Scene: talks with attendant
Bill
Excuse me, I need to see somebody about going to school here.

Attendant
The office is closed.
Kid
Is there anyone, who can help?
Attendant
WeII, you could talk to librarian, hes helpful.///////////////////

Ext - night
Bill steps off the bus and stares in awe at large wooden sign NYU film school. He walks down a lined lane
towards campus.at the entrance gate.
Int - - day
Librarian Tim a tiny vibrant man in his sixties enters spots Bill, walks over and sits down next to him.

Bill
I want to enroll in NYu.
Librarian Tim
WeII, have you applied?
Bill
No, my marks/grades have never been very good, even though I tried. But ,this time I'II try harder. I'II
work hard.
Librarian Tim
This university, its not for everybody.
Bill
Ever since I was a little, I wanted to go to schooI here.And ever since I was a Kid, everyone said it
couldnt be done.

But the force of conviction in Bill's voice makes Tim finally turn and look at him.
Bill
My whole Iife, people have been teIIing me what I could do and couldnt do. I've aIways Iistened to them,
believed in what they said.I don't want to do that anymore.
Librarian Tim
I can get you to Kaplan ...you write the entrance exam .You get a good score, you improve your grades.
Maybe with a good GPA......you might have a chance of getting into writing school at nyu.
////////////
Also finds a job at movie editing /script proof reading facility.
///////////
He jumps out of cab, pulling his duffel bag after him.
Ext- highway - night
Bill walks through campus as if like paradise found' the picturesque campus reveals itself to him in its full
splendor.

Ext - campus - day

Bill, lighter than air, walks across campus, a grin on his face as he nods to students passing by as if he's
one of them.
Were on Bill's face as finally reaches the final mecca of his pilgrimage. His mouth drops open as he
sees ...all his heroes on the wall and camera equipment.
///////////////////////////////////////////////inside simple studios
Bill gets himself a volunteering job at editing company...
Scene: discuss about movie editing /poster
Bill
Hey, this pIace is reaIIy good.
Lab assistant Sam
We proof read independent movie scripts, design posters etc but this volunteering position.
Bill
Yes, Iam glad I got this job. I love this stuff and someday, I'm gonna be a writer.
Lab assistant
Well, first let me setup the software on your computer so that you can start working.
Bill proof reading scripts for plays etc.
///////////////////////////////////////////////
Dean suspiciously eyes this vision in front of her.
Through a crack in the door Bill spies Ara in his office on phone.
Scene: discussion with school advisor. Bill standing at the door.
School advisor
-How can I heIp you?
Bill
-I'm bill.
Bill
I'm here to talk about going to school here.
School advisor
Did you apply?
Bill

I'm not taIking about this year.i still havent written the entrance exam.
Bill
I was thinking about next spring Time.
Bill
I plan to apply for the writing program.
I've been a fan of writing for as Iong as I can remember, since I was IittIe.
Bill
As a kid, I started--Is it aII right if I sit down?
Bill
I started writing, making little movies with my super 8 camera.
Bill
I wasn't the best or anything but i kept doing it.But anyway...
Bill
I've been working at a gas station/hotel front desk for about four years.
Bill
And I've been saving up my money.
Bill
And I've been pIanning on coming here.
Bill
My friend reaIIy understood what my dream was. And he toId me not to waste any more Time.
Bill
See, he was in an accident on Friday.
School advisor
You might want to go and talk to Tim, he works at NYU library.
Bill
I spoke with him.
He said that if I got good enough score at Kaplanthen I can apply for NYU.
Bill

I just wanted to introduce myself

-Thank you.
///////////////////////////////////////////////Toby ...Kaplan............
Int classroom - day
Bill, at a desk, is taking notes intently. Hes trying to write down every word
Toby (teaching)
So a man may have historical inaccuracies...
Toby
I think that's aII for today.
///////////////////////////////////////////////
Bill asks Toby for tutor help. Toby scoots him off.

Bill gathers his stuff and walks away.

Ext hall day
Bill makes his way down the crowded hall. He stops in front of student bulletin board he frowns as he
reads the monthly fees. A pretty girl moves next to him.
Scene: Bill talks with Anita ...Toby sees.
Anita (looking for pen)
Can I borrow your pen?
Bill
-Yeah, sure.
Anita
-Thanks.
Anita
So are you interested in a room to rent?
Bill
Yeah.
Anita

My brother has a house about five bIocks from campus.

So if you're interested, caII at this number.
Bill
Yes, I will. AII right, bye.
///////////////////

Notice board
Toby notices as girl smiles and hands him a telephone number. She gives a half wave, turns and leaves.
Toby makes his way toward Bill.
Scene: Toby willing to help out
Toby
That girl is very pretty
Bill
Yes
Toby
You don't have a goddamn cIue, do you?
Toby
About how to get an A in that cIass.
Look, besides being a graduate assistant...I'm aIso a tutor for hire.
Bill
I can't even afford a room to rent.
Toby
Wait, maybe we can make some other kind of deaI.
Bill
What kind of deaI?
Toby
GirIs.
Bill

-I don't know -Toby

I don't know any girIs here.
-Introduce me to few-Bill
-I don't know any girIs here.
Bill
Hey, wait a minute.
Bill
Maybe I do know some girIs.In fact, I know a Iot of girIs.
Bill
-I just gotta find them.
Toby
-That's the spirit.
Toby
As you can see, I'm pretty goddamn desperate.
-And I'm in Iove.
///////////////////////////////////////////////independent filmmaker two light boxes
Scene: meets an independent film maker
For a Part Time job, meets a local film maker
Bill
Anything I can do to heIp with the shooting..., you just Iet me know.
Bill
-I want to be your assistant.
Filmmaker
-I've got a fuII crew.
Bill
Couldnt you use an extra hand?

Bill
I'II work for free.
Filmmaker
What's in it for you?
Bill
I want to learn
Bill
I figured if I'm gonna write for movies.i need to learn as much as i can.
Writer
Im impressed, meet me here tomorrow at 9 a.m.
//////////

////////////////////////////////with girls///////////////
Ext- various locations
A series of shots showing Bill going up to a number of girls in interesting campus locales and attempting
conversations. He is laughably inept and he is continually rebuffed. Finally, out of desperation, he
approaches a girl sitting by herself in the cafeteria. She turns and smiles
Ext scene: asking girls

Bill
-Hi there, what's your name?
-Donna.
Bill
-Great. My name's bill.
Bill
-I've got this buddy, toby.
-toby with the two watches.
He's a sweetheart.

Laura walks off

Bill
-WeII, maybe I'II see you around.
Cut to
Toby (helping Bill)
Don't waste Time reading the question if it's an Iong test in a short period.
Toby
-Two of them wiII be simiIar.It'II be one of those two. Ones absurd. Forget that one.
Laura walks by
Laura
...have we met somewhere before?
Laura
You know, you Iook reaIIy familiar to me.
Toby
Maybe yoga class.
Laura
Do you have yoga class on Monday, Wednesday?
Toby
I'm in there on Monday, Wednesday.
Bill
Yeah, he's in that cIass.
Laura
I bet that's where.
I knew you Iooked familiar.
Laura
WeII, anyway, this is kind of embarrassing, but......you heard about the show on Saturday night, right?
Laura
Okay. AII right, weII, I was just wondering, do you have any pIans?

Assistant
No he dont
Laura
-That's great. So you're avaiIabIe?
Toby
I would Iove to go.
Laura
ReaIIy? This is so great.
I wouId Iove to introduce you to my roommate, EIza.
Toby is all excited.
///////////////////////////at job
Scene: at editing workplace -- i took the practice exam yesterday night and i got A
Bill
I got an A on a practice test.
Lab Assistant
-That's great, Bill.
Lab Assistant
So you're in student housing?
Bill
No, I'm Iiving with a friend in New Jersey.
Lab Assistant
Where?
Bill
Well, I haven't really found a pIace to stay yet.
Lab Assistant
-Funds pretty Iow, huh?
Bill
AII my savings went for this entrance exam and bills.

Lab assistant Sam sets up movie screening)

Bill
-This is where it starts and finishes.
///////////////////////////
Scene: they see a really beautiful girl.
Toby
Bill
-Come on, that's impossible.
Toby
-It's your job to give it a shot.
Bill
She's out of our Ieague.
Toby
TeII her I'm a good man.Just teII her that.

Bill takes a deep breath and then walks up to Melisa...

Bill
That Iooks great.
Melissa
Hi, are you interested in joining IFC?
Melissa hands Bill a sheet of paper.
Melissa
Here are your choices.
Bill studies the sheet.

Bill
Do you see that guy over there?
Over by the piIIar.

Bill
CouId you wave at him a IittIe bit
Bill
Just kind of humor him.
Melissa looks as Bill like he is retarded.nevertheless; she shrugs and casually waves over at Toby. Toby
waves back enthusiastically.
Bill
That was perfect. Thank you.
Bill
-What's IFC?
Melissa
-We organize film events, seminars etc.
Bill
Yes, Im interested. Where do I signup?
Melissa
Right here.
Melissa
You are a student at NYU, right?
Bill
Yeah, Iam.
Melissa
The first meeting is tomorrow night at ACC building.
-See you there.
Bill
-AII right, bye.
Cut to
Bill talking with Toby.
Bill

She has a boyfriend who's on the basketball team.

Toby
-You Iooked Iike you were in.
Bill
-WeII, I'm sorry.
///////////////////////////////////
With filmmaker Dante....
Bill
I know a good way to shoot this movie, write better script.
Dante looks at him like he's a piece of dirt.
Dante
Who the heck asked you?
Bill
Iam sorry

////////////////////////////////////
At the film club
Melissa
-What's your name again?
Bill
-bill.
Melissa
I need your student I.D.
Bill
Im not a student here
Melissa
What. Cant let you in?
Bill

WiII you please forget I said that?

Bill
-You know Im a tremendous fan of the writer who is speaking tonight.
Melissa
Sorry, I cant.It's the ruIes.
Bill
Please
///////////////////////////outside film
Scene: trying to get into a writers but couldnt get in
Bill
I need one ticket for the film festival conference.i have 10 bucks.
Passerby
-Ten bucks? Youre 90 short.
Bill
- can I buy that ticket from you?
Passerby
-Yeah, for 100 bucks.
Bill
-PIease, can I get in? I got 10 .
Attendant
-I couldnt do it. I'd Iose my job.
Bill
Do you have an extra ticket? PIease?
Passerby
Whatever
Bill
-One ticket. I just need one seat.
///////////////////////////Librarian Tim

Scene: discussing with Librarian Tim about Kaplan score

Librarian Tim looking at the scores.
Bill
I know my grades have gone down
Bill
...I have had Iot of extracurricular activities.
Librarian Tim
You got good score
Librarian Tim
You did a good job, Bill.
Librarian Tim
Admissions peopIe, you never can teII.
They're a funny bunch of people.
Bill
Have I done aII I can?
Librarian Tim
I dont know.
Outside the mailbox.
Ext campus - day
A cold winter day. Bill walks down a sidewalk a framed by a webwork of leafless frozen branches.
Bill, pulling a letter out of his mail slot, holding his breaths, opens the letter, as his face falls.

Bill
Your application for admission......to the NYU has been evaluated by....''
//////////////////////////
//////////////////////////
Bill grabs the letter from his box. Looks skyward as if in a prayer, takes a deep breath

and rips it open. Close on Bill's face as he absorbs the rejection. He collapses to his knees, his head
dropping to the ground.
///////////////////////
Ext -day
Bill, carrying a small bag, walks up the snow covered sidewalk. He hesitates
Staring up at his house.
Int - day
Bill steps inside, his face flushed.

Scene: with Uncle Bob for New Years etc.

Uncle Bob
I havent seen you in a while.
Where have you been? Have you been calling your parents?
Bill
I've been preparing for the entrance exam, taking classes and working at the studio.
Bill
-I'II go to NYU next year.
Bill
I didn't make it to NYU this semester.
Bill
But it was so exciting.
Uncle Bob
Do I stiII have to Iisten to this crap?
That score didn't make you smarter.
but I'm gIad you made good score.
///////////////////////////at office
Scene: at work place ...labmate admonishing Bill.

Bill
iam a totaI faiIure.
Bill
Everything I did, Work, studying, four hours a night's sIeep.Its a waste.
Bill
I've bIown another year of eIigibiIity.
Bill
This entire year's been a waste.
Lab assistant
You got your head so far up your ass about writing......you don't get that you became more focused ,more
determined than last year.you got a good score at Kaplan.you need to be proud.
///////////////////////////

Scene: with tutor to see if he can improve Kaplan scores further

First three chapters for next week.
Start thinking about those.
///////////////////////////
Bill
If I don't get in next semester, its over, Im done.
Librarian Tim
WeII, you did a heII of a job, chasing down your dream.
Bill
I don't care. If it doesn't produce resuIts, it doesn't mean anything.
Librarian Tim
I think you'II discover that it wiII.
Bill
Maybe I haven't prayed enough. I havent gone to temple/church in a while.
Librarian Tim

I'm sure that's not the probIem.Praying is something we do in our Time.

The answers come in God's Time.
Bill
Have I done everything I possibly can?
Bill
Can you heIp me?
Librarian Tim
You did.
///////////////////////////

Scene: at mailbox checking if accepted or not

Int - mail center - day

Bill
ls there anything in the box please?
Bill snatches the letter from the box. He stares at it, unable to breathe, unable to open it.
Ext twin lakes - day
Bill sits on a bench next to the picturesque oval shaped lake boaters share the crystal clean waters with
swans and ducks.
Bill takes a deep breath, closes his eyes and opens the letters.
Bill
Reading the letter ---You've been accepted for the faII semester....''
''Congratulations, you are....''
He opens his eyes and we see his reaction. He screams exultantly. He jumps up whoops and dives into
the water. Birds scatter.

going to film school.////////////

Kid
I have been accepted into NYU.

Uncle Bob
AII right.
Uncle Bob
I cant believe it? You did it finally.
So, Iisten, you wanna work tiII it's Time to go to school?
Bill
No, I gotta get back

Ext:
Grad advisor
We have students here......so accomplished ...they have fuII scholarships to the best programs in the
country.
At end of the term. Each of u need to write a script.five scripts will be selected and they will be given a
chance to make short film.one short film will be selected for funding for full length movie.
at end of the term. Each of u need to write a script.five scripts will be selected and they will be given a
chance to make short film.one short film will be selected for funding for full length movie. Go ahead and
write that script.
Cut to
Bill submits the script.
Ext: in the hallway.
Grad advisor
Can you work day in and day out for the next six weeks?
Bill
Sir, I have no doubt.

Grad advisor
Fine. I fought for you with the other judges.
If you do lighten up one hair......youll be kicked out.
Bill
Does that mean my script is selected?
Advisor

Yes it is selected.Dont let me down.

////////
Bill working on making the short film
////////////
Bills short film isnt selected because another Bill's father (who is a sponsor for the program) wants his
kids movie to be selected.

//In Grad Advisor office

Bill
WeII, one of the many things that I've Learned this year...is that no matter how hard I try,I'II never get to
write a script for a movie...
Grad advisor
I wish God would put your heart in some of my other students.
Bill
But I still want to write a full length script and would
Iove to be abIe to give my parents and my uncle this gift:
Grad advisor
Is this just for your parents?
Bill
No, it's for everybody who toId me that it would be impossible.
It's for my brothers......kids in my high school, the guys I work with.
Grad advisor
You deserve it. You'II get another chance to make a short.
Bill
Thank you.

Next Scene: Toby leaving to Florida for school.

Toby
-In about six minutes.

Bill
-ReaIIy?
Toby
The spring semester starts in two weeks.
Toby
We've had a heII of a goddamn--We've had a heII of a goddamn run, havent we?
Bill
Yeah, we have.

Bill
There's no way I can thank you for everything you've done.
Toby
You already have.
Toby
You remember Lisa, right?
She's my girl now. Shes coming with me.
Bill
Thanks for everything.
Next scene: At work place.
Bills short film isnt selected again.
Lab assistant
Where are you going?
Bill
-I quit.
Lab assistant
-Wait up.
Wait up. In two years, you haven't missed a class.

And now you just quit?

Bill
-That's what I said.
Lab assistant
-I don't want you to quit.
Bill
WeII, I'm sorry.
Lab assistant
You're sorry?
You're fuII of crap!
Lab assistant
What the heII is it to you?
Lab assistant
Everything you did and everything you said is buIIshit!

Lab assistant
WeII, since when are you
the quitting kind?
Bill
I don't see the point anymore. I didnt make it again.
Lab assistant
There are greater tragedies in the worId.
Bill
I wanted to write and write for movies.
To prove to everyone
Lab assistant
Prove what?

Lab assistant
And you had very little ability when u came here but you worked hard.
You hung in with the best coIIege in the Iand for years!
Bill

In this Iife you don't have to prove nothing to nobody except yourself.
Lab assistant
And after what you've gone through, if you haven't done that by now...
...it ain't gonna never happen.
Now go on back, dont be like me.
Bill
You were a writer too?
Lab assistant
I wrote for a while until someone took credit for my work.
Lab assistant
I got fiIIed up with an Iot of attitude, so I quit.
StiII not a week goes by, I don't regret it.
Lab assistant
And I guarantee a week won't go by, you won't regret waIking out... ...Ietting them get the best of you.
Now, you hear me cIear enough?
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Bills script is selected and movie is madeand selected for screening at a festival
Bill (talking with uncle bob)
I've never asked you for anything in my Life.
Bill
Promise me my parents will be on that plane tomorrow.
Bill
I want you to be there too.