Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
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So this part...
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I mean, you are exactly
the height that I imagined.

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You have the right build,
the right hair,

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the right basic look.
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Know this:
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I will do any form
of drastic cosmetic surgery

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to change my appearance
to help the look.

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But-- and this
is a very big but--

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this is a huge acting part.
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I mean, the entire movie
hinges on this performance.

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And, Dickie, I just don't think
you could handle it.

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I mean, because, well...
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because you're
not a real person.

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Not real?
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I don't mean to insult you.
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It's just that, you know,
when an actor researches a part,

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it takes weeks,
sometimes months,

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to get inside of a character.
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For you
to research this part,

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you'd have to find out
what it's like to be normal.

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Because basically,
that's this guy.

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He's just a simple, normal guy.
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I could do that.
That's easy.

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But you don't even know
what normal is.

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You completely missed out
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on the basic foundation
of adulthood--

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which is a childhood.
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Who cares about all that stuff?
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Look, I'm good.
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Throw me
a little somethin'-somethin'

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from this supposed childhood
I missed, I'll act it out, man.

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Check it out.
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A-All right. Uh...
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Let's say you're...
you're six.

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Uh, let me see
the look on your face

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on Christmas morning
when you creep down the stairs

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and you see that red bike
under the tree.

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You probably never
even had that experience.

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Gotcha, six, bike, tree, stairs.
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Fake stairs.
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Holy shit! A bike!
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You're six.
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Holy crap! A bike!
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You're six.
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Ga-ga, goo-goo bikey.
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Too far back.
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Dickie, you're a mess.
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I mean, l-I don't know
what you'd have to do

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to straighten out.
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You'd probably have to relive
your entire childhood.


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