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A director holds auditions for his first film. | dG1fRmdQU0o4WTJMSWs
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00:00Today is January 30th, 2010.
00:09I'm in L.A. putting together my first ever film.
00:13The first ever American adaptation of a J.D. Salinger novel.
00:18J.D. Salinger just died three days ago, so he can no longer deny offers to adapt his
00:22work.
00:23I flew in as soon as I heard the news.
00:26Unfortunately, by the time I flew in, that rat-bastard George Lucas had already inked
00:31a deal for Catcher in the Rye, leaving me with Franny and Zoe.
00:35I'm so incredibly honored that I get to do an adaptation of Catcher in the Rye by J.D.
00:44Salinger.
00:45So, here I am at Sinbad's Mediterranean Cuisine, taping an audition for two actors,
00:51Monica, who I met at the airport last night, and Alec Baldwin, an old friend from NYU who
00:57owed me a favor.
00:58Okay, so for this, can you guys try to do this very naturally?
01:03Yeah.
01:04Yeah.
01:05Sure.
01:06Okay.
01:07And action.
01:11I'm just sick of ego, ego, ego.
01:14My own and everyone else's.
01:16I'm just sick of everybody who wants to be something interesting.
01:20It's disgusting.
01:21I don't think everybody's made of iron, buddy.
01:23Wait, hold on.
01:24Um, I think that's the wrong line.
01:26You're Lane, not Zoe.
01:27Oh, sorry.
01:28Also, at the end of that take, you're supposed to start smoking another cigarette.
01:33Could I see how that looks?
01:35Yeah, okay.
01:37I'm sick of everybody that wants to be something interesting.
01:40It's disgusting.
01:43Hey, what the hell is that?
01:51Okay, it's just like smoking, except it's healthy for you.
01:55They literally just invented this shit, and it's so good for you.
01:59I go through like two of these a day, and I feel great.
02:03Hey, can we keep this, can we keep this moving along?
02:05I gotta get to the Ariel Payne concert.
02:08Um, I don't think I have everything I need yet.
02:11Can you go until eight, please?
02:13I can't do that.
02:14You said we'd only go until six.
02:16Look, Ariel Payne is my favorite artist, right up there with John Mouse, Kanye West, can't
02:23forget about Kid Rock.
02:24These are the defining artists of my generation, and they definitely will not do anything in
02:29the future, or say anything that will jeopardize their name.
02:33It's been a long day.
02:34I've been shooting 30 Rock all day, and I really, really need to go to this concert,
02:39so you should let me do that.
02:42Look, I haven't even read the book.
02:44I don't care about this movie anymore.
02:47I'm out.
02:48I'm done.
02:49Okay.
02:50Mr. Baldwin?
02:51I had never felt like such a failure.
02:55I mean, I hadn't read the book either, but I couldn't let them know that.
02:59To think that Alec Baldwin, one of the last few good men in all of Hollywood, was nearly
03:06in my film.
03:07I can't believe he just walked out like that.
03:11For the first time in my life, I thought about how I'd treat others.
03:16I wasn't valuing Alec's time.
03:18I wasn't valuing J.D. Saunders' wishes to not have his books adapted.
03:22My dream was falling apart.
03:25I didn't have the money for a plane ticket home, so I had to stay the night at a friend's
03:32place.
03:41This shit is all about me.
03:46I can't see shit.
03:48This book shit is all about me.
03:52That shit is so bold.
03:55I'm having a good night on your shit.
03:58That's my type.
03:59Welcome to the tomorrow of you.
04:11Welcome to the tomorrow of you.