:53:03
We'll put your alter ego away.
:53:05
- My what?
- Latin.
:53:07
A dead language that ideally suits me.
:53:11
It simply means "your other self."
:53:21
Scotch or bourbon?
:53:22
Oh, anything.
:53:50
- This is strong enough, I hope.
- Oh, fine, thanks.
:53:58
Do you play?
:54:00
That's a silly question, I guess.
:54:02
No, I play, but the piano doesn't like me.
:54:06
It stiffens up every time I come near it.
:54:10
I know how to play one piece.
Only one. A Chopin nocturne.
:54:15
I used to love it, so I hired a piano
teacher once just to teach it to me.
:54:20
I paid her double rates and kept her
here for three weeks. I learned it.
:54:26
How long have you been playing
the trumpet?
:54:29
Since I was a kid.
:54:30
- Ever want to do anything else?
- No.
:54:32
- Even when you were a kid?
- No.
:54:35
Because even then you knew you'd play
better than anyone else. That's it, isn't it?
:54:40
Me, I've been an intellectual mountain goat,
leaping from crag to crag, trying everything.
:54:46
You don't know how lucky you are.
:54:50
First, I wanted to be a writer.
:54:53
Then I took a course in interior decorating.
:54:56
Then I had an idea I'd fly a plane.
:54:59
I even tried singing in one
of those smart bars.