Daily Dialogue — September 13, 2014

Wyatt Earp: What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?
Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.
Wyatt Earp: What does he need?
Doc Holliday: Revenge.
Wyatt Earp: For what?
Doc Holliday: Bein’ born.

— Tombstone (1993), written by Kevin Jarre

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Wisdom. Today’s suggestion by jackangel.

Trivia: In an interview with True West magazine (Oct. 2006), star Kurt Russell admits that after original director Kevin Jarre was fired, he directed a majority of the picture. According to Russell, credited director George P. Cosmatos served merely to make things run smoothly.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by jack: “ Val Kilmer’s Doc Holiday is pretty badass, and his lines here are ever-so-slightly awesome.”

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