:11:00
Okay, go ahead.
:11:02
- So...
- Sorry. Okay. Go.
:11:05
There are no rules, Donald.
:11:06
And anybody who says there are
is just, you know...
:11:09
Not rules. Principles.
:11:12
McKee writes that a rule says,
"You must do it this way."
:11:16
A principle says, "This works
and has through all remembered time."
:11:21
The script I'm starting,
it's about flowers.
:11:24
Nobody's ever done a movie
about flowers before.
:11:27
- So there are no guidelines.
- What about Flowers for Algernon?
:11:31
Well, that's not about flowers.
And it's not a movie.
:11:33
I'm sorry. I never saw it.
:11:35
How...? Okay, keep going.
:11:37
Look, my point is
that those teachers are dangerous...
:11:40
...if your goal is to try
to do something new.
:11:42
A writer should always have that goal.
Writing is a journey into the unknown.
:11:45
It's not building, you know,
one of your model airplanes.
:11:53
McKee is a former Fulbright Scholar,
Charles.
:11:56
Are you a former Fulbright Scholar?
:12:02
Say something. I dragged her here,
and now I'm not saying anything.
:12:05
Make her laugh.
Say something funny.
:12:08
I hate parties, Amelia.
Why did we come here?
:12:10
Because we're hip, young trendsetters
on the make, aren't we?
:12:13
More like old losers
sitting on the floor, maybe.
:12:16
Jesus, Charlie. Speak for yourself.
Okay...
:12:22
Charlie, we're gonna fix you up.
:12:24
We're gonna solve the whole Charlie
Kaufman mess for once and for all.
:12:28
- Okay.
- Okay, let me see.
:12:30
What do you need?
What, what, what?
:12:34
Well, I'm glad you took
the orchid script.
:12:36
I think it will be good for you
to get out of your head.
:12:40
I think it'll ground you to think about the
bigger picture, about nature and stuff.
:12:44
I still can't believe they gave me
that job.
:12:47
I mean, after that lunch.
I was sweating insanely.
:12:51
I was ranting. I was a mess.
:12:54
You were just nervous
because she was pretty.
:12:56
How do you know she was pretty?
:12:58
After eight months of knowing you,
I think I get what makes you sweat.