In “The Holdovers” movie clip, Star actor Paul Giamatti explains how the world works to one of his students.
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00:00 [ Indistinct conversations ]
00:03 -I find the world a bitter and complicated place,
00:07 and it seems to feel the same way about me.
00:10 I think you and I have this in common.
00:14 But don't get me wrong. You have your challenges.
00:17 You're erratic and belligerent and a gigantic pain in the balls,
00:20 but you're not your father.
00:22 You're your own man.
00:24 [ Indistinct conversations ]
00:27 Man? No. You're just a kid. You're just beginning.
00:31 And you're smart.
00:34 You've got time to turn things around.
00:37 [ Indistinct conversations ]
00:39 Yes, I know the Greeks had the idea
00:41 that the steps you take to avoid your fate
00:44 are the very steps that lead you to it,
00:46 but that's just a literary conceit.
00:48 In real life, your history does not have to dictate your destiny.
00:52 Oh, there's Mary.
00:55 Can you not tell Mary or anybody?
00:57 -No. -Entre nous.
00:58 This whole goddamn trip is entre nous.
01:00 Stand up.
01:01 What?
01:03 Stand up for the lady you bore.