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from 'Almost Famous' 


    WILLIAM
    (ruefully)
  Well, it was fun.

     LESTER BANGS
   They make you feel cool.  And hey.  I
  met you.  You are not "cool."

     WILLIAM
   I know.  Even when I though I was, I
  knew I wasn't.

     LESTER BANGS
   That's because we are uncool!  And
  while women will always be a problem for
  guys like us, most of the great   art in
  the world is about that very problem.
  Good-looking people have no spine!
  Their art never lasts!  They  get the
  girls, but we're smarter.

     WILLIAM
   I can really see that now.

     LESTER BANGS
   Yeah, great art is about conflict and
  pain and guilt and longing and love
  disguised as sex, and sex disguised as
  love... and let's face it, you got a
  big head start.

     WILLIAM
   I'm glad you were home.

     LESTER BANGS
   I'm always home!  I'm uncool!

     WILLIAM
   Me too!

     LESTER BANGS
    (leveling)
  The only true currency in this bankrupt
  world if what we share with someone
  else when we're uncool.

     WILLIAM
    (distraught)
  I feel better

     LESTER
   My advice to you.  I know you think
  those guys are your friends.  You want
  to be a true friend to them?

William takes a deep breath.  Looks at the research cassettes and
notebooks.  The empty page.

     LESTER BANGS
   Be honest and unmerciful.
   (beat)
  You're doing great.  Call me later is
  you want.  I'm always up.