Big Fish
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1:16:00
You tell amusing lies.
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Stories are what you tell
a 5-year-old at bedtime.

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They're not elaborate mythologies
that you maintain...

1:16:08
...when your son is 1 0 and 1 5
and 20 and 30.

1:16:10
And l believed you.
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l believed your stories
so much longer than l should have.

1:16:18
Then when l realized
everything you said was impossible...

1:16:21
...l felt like a fool
to have trusted you.

1:16:23
You're like Santa Claus
and the Easter Bunny.

1:16:25
Just as charming and just as fake.
1:16:27
You think l'm fake.
1:16:31
Only on the surface, Dad.
But it's all l've ever seen.

1:16:37
Look.
1:16:40
l'm about to have...
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...a kid of my own.
1:16:44
lt would kill me
if he went through his whole life...

1:16:47
...never understanding me.
1:16:49
lt would kill you, huh?
1:16:53
What do you want, Will?
Who do you want me to be?

1:16:57
Just yourself.
1:16:58
Good, bad, everything.
Just show me who you are for once.

1:17:02
l've been nothing but myself
since the day l was born.

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And if you can't see that,
it's your failing, not mine!

1:17:40
Your father decided
that he needed to have an office...

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...and, of course, it wouldn't do
to have it in the house.

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So....
1:17:50
You'll know better than me
what's important.


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