Girl Meets Boy

Girl meets boy

That's a safe beginning

It's nearly closing

I thought you weren't going to show

So did I

Felt it might be kinder

What are you saying?

Come on, Miss Schaefer, you know

What?

Every time I see some young kid

Dreaming they'll produce some masterpiece

I just want to throw them on the next train home[BETTY]

Never thought you'd be so condescending

Sorry, Miss Schaefer

I didn't come here to fight

Fighting's fine

I'm not giving up yet

It's just the terror

All those blank pages

So frightеningly white

Up all night

Searching for solutions

Buckets of coffee will see you ovеr the line

Boy meets girl

Lots of complications

You've got sixty pages to make sure everything's fine

It doesn't have to be so mindless

You should write from your experience

Give us something really moving

Something true[JOE]

Who wants true?

Who the hell wants moving?

'Moving' means starving

And 'true' means holes in your shoes

No, you're wrong

They still make good pictures

Stick to your story

It's a good story

Okay, Miss Schaefer

I give it to you

What do you mean?

What I said. I've given up writing myself, so you write it

Oh, no, no, no—I'm not good enough to do it on my own. I thought we'd write it together

I can't. I'm all—tied up[BETTY, spoken]

Okay, well, couldn't we work evenings? I mean, six o'clock in the morning, I'll come to your place—

Look, Betty, it can't be done, it's out. (beat) Listen. We can keep in touch through Artie.

Just keep telling yourself: it's only a movie

That won't work

I'm not disillusioned

Not the way you are

I'm starting out my career

Unlike you

I still have ambitions

I'm still determined

I hope I make myself clear

Never sell your soul for money

Never compromise integrity

Never give up something you were born to do

Very good

Nothing I can teach you

It could've been fun

Fighting the studio

Yes, Mr. Gillis

That's why I need y—

What a nightmare!

Good to see you

Come to my New Year's party

Last year it got out of hand

Guaranteed bad behavior

See you then

Don't give up

You're too good

Thanks