Daily Dialogue — January 15, 2013

“You know, you and my wife have a lot in common. You both think you have some right to life working out the way you want it to, and when it doesn’t, you get to act the way you want. The only trouble with that is someone has to be responsible. I’d love to run around and take classes and play with my inner-self! I’d love the freedom to be some pissed-off criminal with no responsibilities, except I don’t have the time! But you don’t see me with a gun. And you don’t see me sleeping with someone else. You think my life turned out the way I wanted because I live in this house? You think every morning I wake up, look in the mirror and say ‘Gee, I’m glad I’m me and not some 19-year-old billionaire rockstar with the body of an athelete and a 24-hour erection!’ No I don’t! So just excuse the shit out of me!”

— The Ref (1994), screenplay by Richard LaGravenese and Marie Weiss, story by Marie Weiss

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is overreacting, suggested by @davidproenza. Today’s suggestion by plinytheelder_t.

Trivia: The original ending had Denis Leary being caught by the cops to show the son that a life of crime leads nowhere. However, after screening the movie to a test audience and receiving negative comments about the ending, director Ted Demme changed it. He now admits he regrets changing it.

Dialogue On Dialogue: If you don’t remember how Dennis Leary got his start in stand-up comedy, he had two schticks: He smoked cigarettes like a freight train, and he went on virulent rants. So his onstage training prepared him very well for this particular outburst.

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