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Stephany and Me came about when
Ben Duhl and Pete Shanel approached me and asked me if I wanted to take part in this
short they were doing.
And it's a story about hum... love
and how sometimesů
or more like the search for love or the search to fill an emptiness.
And Ben's character is a guy and he goes on date with a girl.
And on paper she's perfect
and then later on he founds out that
a girl, my character Stephany,
possibly could be better for him then what is right on paper even though
the outside appearances don't really look like the right person for him to be with.
And we kind of collaborated,
we improved the scenes and tried to see what was best for the character
and what our relationship was.
So we did a rehearsal and it was a really cool process because
they had this great idea and me and Ben just played
and that's really fun as an actor to be able to play,
and right as you go, we knowů
we find what could work and what didn't work so much.
They shot it and what turned out was Stephany and Me
and I think they did a really good job in putting that together.
- Snail, snail got looks down to the snail, snail looks up to him.
Snail goes : What the *** was that for?
- (Laughs)
- I love that joke.
You look better in real life than you do in your pictures.
- (Laughs) I meanů - Thank you!?
- Yeah I mean it's just like you're.... just prettier.
- Oh! Good to know.
I'm quite relieved actually cause you're ů.normal.
- Lots of crazy dudes?
- Lots of crazy dudes! yeah!
- Yeah I guess I'm kind of normal.
Parents still together, married since 1970, so yeah.
Oh my god 40 years!
- Wow! - They're together, good team.
- You don't want kids? Do you want kids?
- Humůdo I have to answer that right now?
- No!
- I mean I kinda doů
like the career stuff is getting going, truely important right now, and then
you know when I meet the mom.
- Humůsorry.
Yeah I thinkůI think everybodyů I think once you have kids you kind ofů
(phone buzzing)
- Do you wanna get that?
- No, it's just I left work early and there was a big deal for me this morning that
I need to sign off, so I have to have it, sorry.
- You know, it's like there it is on the table there, my phone is locked up in my car,
the only person I wanna talk to for the next hours is sitting in front of me.
- I agree with you! It's just it's kind of a big day for me and ů
and I left work early so
(phone buzzing)
- Do you mind? - Take it! Take it!
- Sorry, I just need to humů
Sorry!
So do you have like a plan? You know?
- Humů like for the night?
- No I mean like a life.
- A life plan? Hum..well. Not really.
Plans are a little overrated.
I mean it's more like on day the career's gotten important and the next day it's like you knowů
where are my spiritual
stands and you know the next day it's like
I need to fall in love or I want to fall in love.
So my plan kinda... shifts.
- I think it's important to likeů
see the bigger picture, don't you?
- No, I mean, a little bitů
- I mean you're thirtyů
- ...three.
Almost thirty-four. But the thirties are the new twenties you know.
So I'm kinda like...
...you know just figuring it out.
I'm almost there really,
I just don't put a lot of stack in plans you know?
Yeah, do you have a plan?
- Yeah!
- Okay.
You're really intense.
- I am intense?
- Okay wait, let's just stop, stop.
Can we rewind again?
- Again again?
- You know?
- Sure.
- I'm thinking the plan for the night is you know margaritas or we could just kind of
take a little hop skipping the jump to some tapas.
- I think I'm good, thank you.
- You're not hungry?
- I'm not hungry.
- Tapas are perfect for that.
- I'm not hungry I don't want to eat with you.
- Ah ah okay. Really?
- Yeah!
- I thought like this was, this was going alright.
No?
- No.
- Wow I lost you hein?
- Kind of.
- Yeah.
Oh I'll get the check.
(knocks on the door)
- Hi.
- Where's the pain?
- Excuse me?
- Where's the pain?
- I don't know.
I think it's...like my back.
Oh I can do it.
- No.
- Oh okay thanks.
Oh there you go.
Aaahh I'm just ticklish, it's okay.
Aaahhh aaaaahhhh okay,
oh yeah. Ah! I'm sorry, that's okay I cut myself at a barbecue, it'sůI'm okay, thanks.
Right here?
Alright.
Oh wow that's pretty! What is that?
- Do you want massage?
- Yeah.
- Do you want massage?
- Yeah. No I justů
how many massages a day do you do?
- I do like 8, 9.
- 8, 9 wow! You must be tired at the end of the day.
Yeah. Do you work everyday?
- Yeah I work everyday.
- You do, do you have days off? Like no work?
- Hum maybe one every two week.
- Two weeks alright. What would you like to do on your day when you are not working?
Do you play sports or ...tennis?
- I don't know.
- Do you like to go shopping?
- I like to go to mall.
- Yeah the mall. So do I.
Oh cool those scrawls.
(laughs)
- What are they?
- They're Mickey Mouse.
- Show me. Show me, let me see. Let me see.
Oh those are great. I mean have you ever been to Disneyland?
- No.
- No? Do you wanna go to Disneyland? It's fun.
- Do you like massage? I massage.
- Oh yeah yeah. Oh wow what are these?
- This is my brother.
- Your brother.
- And this is my mom.
- Oh wow. Do you talk to your mom a lot?
- No.
- No? I talk to my parents a lot, I take it for granted I guess, there are in the same country.
Yeah. What kind of music do you like?
- I like Lady Gaga.
- So do I, I like Lady Gaga. That's funny, yeah.
What kind of food do you like?
- I like Italian.
- Do you make it? Like Carbonara and stuff?
- I make noodle.
- Noodles yeah.
- Spaghetti sauce.
- Yeah. Do you like pink berry?
- I love pink berry!
- You love pink berry? So do I! Wow that's really..
- I loveů shush. - Okay, sorry.
You know that would be fun like when you know two weeks down a row when you have a day off like
go to get pink berry and go to Disneyland. Sounds like a plan?
(knocks on the wall)
- Okay sorry.
- Okay.
- I'm so sorry.
- I'm sorry.
- My boss is very angry.
- I'm sorry.
Okay.