:19:01
Playing violin.
What else do I know?
:19:03
That's just what this Depression needs,
another violin player. Cigarette?
:19:07
No thanks, I've got one.
:19:10
Hire a costume and play gypsy
variations in a Hungarian restaurant.
:19:13
- Don't horse me around, Sid.
- I'm not, Paul. I'm not.
:19:17
You're such a schnook. You think
decisions are made with flashlight bulbs.
:19:21
Pop, and I'm a gypsy fiddler,
or pop, I'm a virtuoso.
:19:26
Leave that cord alone,
you'll tear my shade.
:19:28
You're no help. You're laughing.
:19:30
- You're sensitive.
- I didn't come here to be analyzed.
:19:33
That's the trouble. You want advice.
What makes you think I know?
:19:36
I play piano in a monkey suit with a bunch
of other guys dressed up in monkey suits.
:19:41
Piano.
:19:43
Schmaltz. Listen, Paul,
I can be unhappy in any key.
:19:45
Depressed is my favorite word.
:19:47
You know why? Schmaltz.
That what you want?
:19:49
I know what I don't want. I don't
wanna feel like a heel in my own house.
:19:53
I don't wanna live
over a grocery store...
:19:56
...while feeding on gum
and chocolate drops.
:19:59
Hot in summer. Worrying
about the bill that wasn't paid...
:20:02
...or the bill that's coming in today.
Not me, Sid. Not me.
:20:07
And you want me
to tell you what to do.
:20:09
You want me to tell you you're right.
:20:11
Well, maybe you are. I don't know.
:20:15
You can't advise talent.
Talent's a way of life.
:20:18
Not something
you can decide in a minute.
:20:20
Who knows if you're gifted
enough to be a concert violinist.
:20:23
- That's the point.
- Is it? What?
:20:25
Maybe I'll end up teaching kids
how to fiddle. There's no guarantee.
:20:29
There's no guarantee
for anything real.
:20:31
Would you say, "I'll marry you
if I have a guarantee"?
:20:34
- You're a dead pigeon with guarantees.
- Don't give me any lectures.
:20:39
I know you like a book by now.
:20:41
You're proud and sensitive. A little
too intense and much too precocious.
:20:45
Sincere but suffering
from the old American itch.
:20:47
You wanna get there fast,
but you don't wanna pay for the ride.
:20:50
All I'm asking you to do
is to help me get a job.
:20:53
- You think you can take it?
- I can take it.