JAME: DO YOU THINK IN 10 YEARS ANY OF THIS IS EVEN GOING TO MATTER?
DOUG: ANY OF WHAT?
JAME: I DON'T KNOW I MEAN
JAME: THIS CRAP
JAME: IN 2018 ARE WE GONNA BE WATCHING THE SEVENTH INDIANA JONES OR ANOTHER PIXAR MOVIE
DOUG: PROBABLY?
DOUG: IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEN I SUPPOSE.
JAME: NO NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT SUCCESS
JAME: IT'S ABOUT THE CULTURE AT LARGE
JAME: NOTHING CAN JUST ENDURE ANYMORE!
JAME: AND ORIGINAL IDEAS ARE BEING PUNISHED MORE AND MORE
JAME: DID YOU KNOW THAT OUT OF THE TOP 20 BIGGEST MOVIES IN THE BOX OFFICE LAST YEAR, ONLY 7 OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY ORIGINAL IDEAS?
JAME: AND EVEN THEN, MOST OF THOSE WEREN'T BRIMMING WITH CREATIVITY EITHER
JAME: THE REST WERE SEQUELS OR REMAKES OR ADAPTATIONS OR WHATEVER
JAME: DERIVATIVE CRAP MADE TO DRIVE A PROFIT AND NOTHING MORE
JAME: LIKE, IS SHREK 4 GOING TO MEANINGFULLY MOVE PEOPLE EMOTIONALLY OR INTELLECTUALLY??
DOUG: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CARED SO MUCH ABOUT MOVIES.
JAME: I DON'T!!
JAME: ...
JAME: I MEAN, I DO.
JAME: I REALLY DO, ACTUALLY.
JAME: THAT POETRY CRAP WAS MAJE TRYING TO COVER FOR US OR SOMETHING. IT WASN'T REAL.
JAME: BUT THIS IS REAL.
DOUG: YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
JAME: I USED TO WANT TO MAKE MOVIES
JAME: I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW OR CARE WHAT EXACTLY I'D BE DOING, I JUST WANTED TO HELP CREATE THINGS THAT WOULD REALLY AFFECT PEOPLE
JAME: I LOVED THE WAY MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, WELL-CRAFTED ONES ANYWAY, MADE ME RECONSIDER MY VALUES AND STUFF. MADE ME REALLY THINK
JAME: I WANTED TO WRITE, I WANTED TO DIRECT, I WANTED TO ACT, SOMEWHERE FOR SOME SCREEN
JAME: WOULDN'T ANYONE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT?
DOUG: YET YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO PLANS AFTER THIS JOB. WHY?
JAME: BECAUSE THAT DREAM'S DEAD.
JAME: I'M 24 YEAR OLD TRANSEXUAL* WHO'S BARELY MAKING ENDS MEET, WHO HAS NO SAFETY NET TO FALL BACK ON, WHO GETS 6 HOURS OF SLEEP IF SHE'S LUCKY, WHO HAS TO TAKE THE FUCKING BUS EVERY DAY!
JAME: I'M NOT GOING TO BE A FILMMAKER IN MY ENTIRE DAMN LIFE
JAME: MAYBE IF I HAD JUST STAYED IN THE CLOSET A LITTLE LONGER I'D HAVE MADE IT IN THE WILL AND I COULD MAKE SOME SHITTY MOVIES TO GET A LITTLE CAREER GOING FOR MYSELF BUT
JAME: NO.
JAME: DOUG, I AM A DEAD WOMAN WALKING.
JAME: AND IF I'M LUCKY, THEY'LL REFLECT THAT ON MY GRAVE.
DOUG: JAME...
DOUG: IF THINGS ARE REALLY SO BAD, I HAVE A SPARE ROOM AT MY APARTMENT.
JAME: I DON'T...
DOUG: PLEASE, I INSIST. AFTER THIS, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HELP YOU.
DOUG: IF I HAD KNOWN HOW BAD THINGS WERE... JAME, FRIEND, I WOULD HAVE OFFERED EARLIER.
JAME: ...
JAME: I'LL...
JAME: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT...
(*AUTHOR'S NOTE: I HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH. THIS IS MOST LIKELY WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE SAID IN 2008.)