:10:04
Well, didn't it speak for itself?
:10:07
He's probably been doing that
at dinner parties for ten years.
:10:11
Did it prove he's worth
risking $200,000 on?
:10:15
Did it prove he can carry a show?
:10:18
Be sensible. That guy's been
in the pickle since you were a kid.
:10:22
Someone took a chance with Laurette
Taylor in The Glass Menagerie.
:10:27
Bernie, what are you trying to prove?
We've got a good book, good music.
:10:32
Why can't you be satisfied
with a reliable, sober actor?
:10:36
He'll give you
a reliable, sober performance.
:10:40
That's not what people pay to see.
:10:43
- You fought me over Danelli.
- I think you were wrong.
:10:47
Instead of teaching an actor to box,
:10:49
you teach a punch-drunk fighter
to act.
:10:52
- He gave you a great performance.
- He gave us trouble, too.
:10:56
If there was a fight at the Garden,
he wouldn't show up.
:11:00
With Elgin, you'll get something
that happens once in 20 years.
:11:05
I'll get it out of him.
:11:08
- You're good, but not that good.
- People have always said that to me.
:11:13
So now you're going to show them,
every one of them.
:11:17
Directing doesn't satisfy you.
:11:19
You want to take a corpse
and breathe life into it.
:11:23
Maybe I'm crazy.
Doesn't this worry you guys?
:11:26
- Not if it doesn't worry Bernie.
- He's too old for the part.
:11:31
Hairpieces will make him look
ten years younger.
:11:35
All right. Could we look for
someone else while he's rehearsing?
:11:39
No, we don't let him go
without real cause,
:11:43
a binge, or if he can't retain lines.
:11:45
Give him a run-of-the-play contract.
:11:48
- Wait a minute!
- I need his complete confidence.
:11:52
No! I'll take a $40,000 loss before I
give him a run-of-the-play contract.
:11:58
- OK, two weeks. Agreed, Paul? Henry?
- OK with me.