Mia: Honestly, I wish I loved something else. I've tried so hard to want other things. I left school after two years to come here, my fourth manager just dropped me, and my last audition was for a teen soap pitched as Dangerous Minds meets The O.C.. Should've been a lawyer.
Sebastian: Cause the world needs more lawyers.
Mia: Well it doesn't need more actresses.
Sebastian: You're not just an actress.
Mia: What do you mean, "just an actress"?
Sebastian: You said it yourself, you're a child-prodigy playwright.
Mia: That is not what I said.
Sebastian: You're too modest to say it but it's true. So you could write your own roles. Write something that's as interesting as you are.
Mia: Last thing I wrote was a stand-up routine for an open-mic night. It was horrible.
Sebastian: All I'm saying is Louis Armstrong could have played the marching-band charts he was given. What did he do instead?
Mia: I don’t know. What did he do.
Sebastian: Well, He made history, didn’t he?
Mia: OK, I'll stop auditioning and make history instead.
Sebastian: [laughs] My work here is done.
Sebastian: Cause the world needs more lawyers.
Mia: Well it doesn't need more actresses.
Sebastian: You're not just an actress.
Mia: What do you mean, "just an actress"?
Sebastian: You said it yourself, you're a child-prodigy playwright.
Mia: That is not what I said.
Sebastian: You're too modest to say it but it's true. So you could write your own roles. Write something that's as interesting as you are.
Mia: Last thing I wrote was a stand-up routine for an open-mic night. It was horrible.
Sebastian: All I'm saying is Louis Armstrong could have played the marching-band charts he was given. What did he do instead?
Mia: I don’t know. What did he do.
Sebastian: Well, He made history, didn’t he?
Mia: OK, I'll stop auditioning and make history instead.
Sebastian: [laughs] My work here is done.
Mia : Honestly, I wish I loved something else. I've tried so hard to want other things. I left school after two years to come here, my fourth manager just dropped me, and my last audition was for a teen soap pitched as Dangerous Minds meets The O.C. . Should've been a lawyer.
Sebastian : Cause the world needs more lawyers.
Mia : Well it doesn't need more actresses.
Sebastian : You're not just an actress.
Mia : What do you mean, "just an actress"?
Sebastian : You said it yourself, you're a child-prodigy playwright.
Mia : That is not what I said.
Sebastian : You're too modest to say it but it's true. So you could write your own roles. Write something that's as interesting as you are.
Mia : Last thing I wrote was a stand-up routine for an open-mic night. It was horrible.
Sebastian : All I'm saying is Louis Armstrong could have played the marching-band charts he was given. What did he do instead?
Mia : I don’t know. What did he do.
Sebastian : Well, He made history, didn’t he?
Mia : OK, I'll stop auditioning and make history instead.
Sebastian : [laughs] My work here is done.
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