I mean, Florence, you know that the world is full of silly asses who just crave your body. I mean, not just your body. I mean, they want your... Your... Your soul. Your heart, your mind... Your everything. They just can't live until they get it. And then they get it... And you know, Florence, they don't really want it. You know, in the movies it's never like that. You know, I think that movies are a conspiracy? I mean it. I mean it. They... They are actually a conspiracy, because they set you up, Florence. They set you up from the time you're a little kid. They set you up to believe in everything. They set you up to believe in, uh, ideals and, and, and strength and good guys and romance and, uh... And of course, love. So, you believe it, right? You go out, you start looking. It doesn't happen, you keep looking. You get a job, like us, and you spend a lot of time fixing up things. Your apartment and jazz and... And, uh... And you learn how to be feminine. You know, quotes "feminine." You learn how to cook. There's no Charles Boyer in my life, Florence. You know? I never even met a Charles Boyer. I never met Clark Gable, I never met Humphrey Bogart. I never met any of them. You know who I mean. They don't exist, Florence. That's the truth. But the movies set you up, you know? They set you up, and no matter how bright you are, you believe it. And Florence, do you know that we're bright? No, I know that sounds... Florence, we're geniuses compared to some of 'em.

I'm having trouble... I'm having trouble being myself. I'm having trouble... Feeling what it is that's right. I mean, what it is to do. Like being alone. Everything used to make me feel like smiling, you know? I notice I don't smile. I don't smile as much as I used to. Did you ever notice that? And did you ever notice that it's... It's an effort to breathe sometimes? Because the air just isn't light enough. You see, my friend... Seymour... I don't have any real problems of any size. It's mainly being alone that makes me so irritated. Do you know, I hear room tone when I'm alone. I... I hear frequencies. Noises like, just like the bathtub running, or the sink or distant traffic, that irritates me. God knows why. Because when I'm with somebody, I want to get away. There are not too many people that thrill me. I'm not very sociable. Even somebody light bores me. Somebody heavy depresses me. So, you're right. I, I do look down. I look at you. I look at you and I say this, "What can this poor guy want with someone like me?"