-It's not going away. It's transforming. You're going through something, which means...-
I don't think you understand what it's been like for me out here, how the life I'd hoped for. .. It's huge to finally embrace the life you never planned on. I wanted to make that
record.-We never would've survived at a major label with those restrictions.
-How the fuck do you know?
-Because that's not how the world works.
-What could you possibly know about how the world works?
-Listen, man, I think you're playing out some old family dynamic here... Apropos of what we were saying before about what people say about us? People feel you hold on to petty resentments.
-You asked me what people say about you. I don't want to know.
-Yeah, well, you should know. People think you play the victim. And I don't mean this in a bad way, but you let people feel sorry for you when you' re really just protecting your own narcissism.
-I don't want to know!
-Well, that's why I didn't want to be in a fucking band with you! Because you won't acknowledge your own shit. And you were fucked up all the time! What do you want me to say, huh? What do you want me to say? I had no idea that would be our only offer. I didn't think that I had the power to blow it. I thought that we were all just giving our two cents. Fuck, I didn't know I was gonna be the one to make the band fall apart. You know, maybe, obviously, I would do it differently now! Of course I know what it's like to live a life I didn't plan on. What the fuck do you think I'm doing right now?
-Florence told me you were in the hospital. I'd know, I understand about those things. You know, we could've talked about it, maybe made each other feel better, but instead we never talk about anything good.. This is a small thing, and it's probably boring for you, but it would've been nice if you'd have made an effort to know Vic.
-Who's Vic?
-My son.
-Oh, Victor. I didn't recognize the diminutive.
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