Don’t take any wooden nickels.”Īs she left Starbucks, Tess once again had the sensation that an overstuffed sofa was following her down the sidewalk. He grabbed his cup, rising to his feet so quickly that the small table rocked and Tess had to rescue her own cup of coffee before it toppled. I’m lovable that way, but I wouldn’t want it getting around.” You’d be a good script supervisor, if you put your mind to it. “You know what, you’re good at continuity issues. He was so bright that, when caught in a lie, he didn’t rush in with more words, or try to explain himself. He didn’t need for Tess to connect the dots for him, to point out that this meant much of what he said was bogus. “Greer was already working as Flip’s assistant by then.” I didn’t write it down in my diary, draw a big heart around the day, but, yeah, give or take, that’s when it started.” She told me her relationship with you began three weeks ago.” “Last night, after we spoke, Selene and I had a little chat. Now under the table Ben’s feet were still, his hands calm. Selene, Greer, Flip? It was like the childhood game of hot and cold, and Tess had been very hot there for a second, or at least warm. That he had, in fact, fastened on the topic of Lloyd’s future to divert her from something he didn’t want to discuss. But then she registered that was exactly what he wanted. Ditto, if you can’t do the job – a big-deal degree is worthless.”įor a moment, Tess almost liked Ben Marcus. in high school, and he’s directing episodes of network television now. If you can do the job, no one cares about your degree or pedigree. Television and film are still democratic that way. Lloyd should be a P.A., work his way up on the production side of things, where his lack of a formal education won’t matter as much. So I’m going to plant that idea in Flip’s head. He really should be working with Lottie – he’s clearly got more aptitude for the visuals than the words – but if I make that suggestion, she’ll shoot it down as if it were skeet. He seemed vaguely surprised by the concept. Part of Lloyd’s continuing education, although I’m not sure De Palma is the best influence on a kid we’re trying to keep on the straight and narrow.” You didn’t get it word for word, though.” Sean Connery to Kevin Costner, when he says he’s an ATF guy. “Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me – The Untouchables. He continued to drum the table, but with less hostility.
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“To throw some movie dialogue back at you – who would admit to being that?” “Sorry, I just thought – I mean, given the questions you were asking, about the bible and everything, I thought you were another screenwriting wannabe.” It’s worse than surveillance.”īen seemed mollified, or at least calmed by Tess’s token respect. “You guys work longer days than anyone I know, and the tedium – I wouldn’t have the patience for it. “At any rate, I’ve seen enough of television production to know it’s not for me,” Tess said. He smacked his hands against the table as he spoke, creating a counterpoint to his still-dancing feet. Tess could see his point, although she was startled by Ben’s fervency on the topic. That was easy enough for Tess to believe. It’s not the idea behind Mann of Steel that got us a deal-” They don’t give you a patent for the idea, they give you a patent for the execution of the invention. “It’s the application of ideas that have value, even in the sciences.
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But here’s the thing that civilians don’t get – ideas are worthless.”
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Which, by the way, they believe is incredibly generous on their part, because their idea, as they’ll be the first to tell you, is a million-dollar idea. They just want to tell someone their idea and share the money, fifty-fifty. Of course, they don’t want to do the grubby work of actually writing it. “I bet at least half the people here think they have a television show or a movie inside them. “Then you’re the only one.” He flapped a hand at the people sitting around them, as if they were so many flies he’d like to swat.