Daily Dialogue — November 28, 2015

Martin Scorsese: I want to do a remake of “Raging Bull” with a really thin guy. Not just thin, but REALLY thin. Thin and angry, thin and angry, thin and angry. Can you see it? Can you see it?
Steven Phillips: Kind of.
Martin Scorsese: Is there a Starbucks near here?
Steven Phillips: I’d be careful. I think you had your quota.
Martin Scorsese: Quota! That gives me an idea for something else entirely. I don’t know you, we never had this conversation, we never met.

Walks off.

Steven Phillips: Hey, I sent you a script a few years ago.
Martin Scorsese: Never got it.

— The Muse (1999), written by Albert Brooks, Monica Johnson

The Daily Dialogue theme for the month: Writers and Writing.

Trivia: Commenting on Martin Scorsese, who plays himself in one scene, Albert Brooks makes reference to the movie Taxi Driver, in which he played a role.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Many of the movie featuring Hollywood screenwriters focus on the absurdities of the craft. The Muse is one of them. Check out this scene:

Screenwriters often complain they are often misunderstood by people in general. In this scene, the screenwriter is literally misunderstood.