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Tony Calvelli: [describing his father's infrequent returns home] We seem like a normal family, and then - boom - they start fighting about something stupid, like always, and... I realize it's better when he's not around.
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[acting class, with teacher and student frequently repeating each confrontational exchange multiple times]
Acting Teacher: How long have you been doing this exercise?
Tony Calvelli: How long have you been doing this exercise?
Acting Teacher: I'm not playing with you!
Tony Calvelli: I'm not playing with you!
Acting Teacher: You know, you make me make mistakes in my own exercise!
Tony Calvelli: You know, you make me make mistakes in my own exercise!
Acting Teacher: You make me make mistakes in my own exercise!
Tony Calvelli: You MAKE me make mistakes in my own exercise!
Acting Teacher: I make you make mistakes!
Tony Calvelli: I make you make mistakes!
Acting Teacher: I make this exercise the way I like it!
Tony Calvelli: I make this exercise the way I like it!
Acting Teacher: I LIKE the exercise!
Tony Calvelli: I LIKE the exercise!
Acting Teacher: I love the exercise!
Tony Calvelli: I love this exercise!
Acting Teacher: I don't wanna do any other exercise!
Tony Calvelli: I don't WANNA do any other exercise!
Acting Teacher: I DON'T wanna do another exercise!
Tony Calvelli: I never wanna do another exercise!
Acting Teacher: I never wanna do another exercise!
Tony Calvelli: I never wanna do another exercise!
Acting Teacher: You have a terrible attitude!
Tony Calvelli: YOU got a terrible attitude!
Acting Teacher: Your attitude is more horrible than MINE!
Tony Calvelli: Your attitude's more horrible than MINE!
Acting Teacher: You're a master of horrible attitudes!
Tony Calvelli: YOU'RE the master of master horrible!
Acting Teacher: You got the swiss cheese up inside your skull instead of a brain!
Tony Calvelli: I got the swiss cheese inside my skull instead of a brain!
Acting Teacher: I don't know how you get anything done all day long!
Tony Calvelli: I don't know how I get anything done all day long!
Acting Teacher: I don't know how YOU get anything done all day long!
Tony Calvelli: I don't know how YOU get all day done at all!
Acting Teacher: I don't know what you're talkin' about!
Tony Calvelli: I don't know what YOU'RE talkin' about!
Acting Teacher: I never know what you're talkin' about!
Tony Calvelli: I never know what I'm talkin' about!
[pause]
Extended Reading
