PARRISH
Do you love Drew?
SUSAN
You mean like you loved Mom?
PARRISH
Forget about me and Mom -- are you
going to marry him?
SUSAN
Probably.
A moment.
PARRISH
(smiles)
Don't get carried away.
SUSAN
Uh oh --
PARRISH
Susan, you're a hell of a woman.
You've got a great career, you're
beautiful --
SUSAN
And I'm your daughter and no man
will ever be good enough for me.
PARRISH
Well, I wasn't going to say that --
SUSAN
What were you going to say?
PARRISH
Listen, I'm crazy about the guy --
He's smart, he's aggressive, he
could carry Parrish Communications
into the 21st century and me along
with it.
SUSAN
So what's wrong with that?
PARRISH
That's for me. I'm talking about
you. It's not so much what you say
about Drew, it's what you don't say.
SUSAN
You're not listening --
PARRISH
Oh yes, I am. Not an ounce of
excitement, not a whisper of a
thrill, this relationship has all
the passion of a pair of titmice.
SUSAN
Don't get dirty, Dad --
PARRISH
Well, it worries me. I want you
to get swept away. I want you to
levitate. I want you to sing with
rapture and dance like a dervish.
SUSAN
That's all?
PARRISH
Be deliriously happy. Or at least
leave yourself open to be.
SUSAN
'Be deliriously happy'. I'm going
to do my upmost --
He smiles.
PARRISH
I know it's a cornball thing but
love is passion, obsession, someone
you can't live without. If you
don't start with that, what are you
going to end up with? I say fall
head over heels. Find someone you
can love like crazy and who'll love
you the same way back. And how do
you find him? Forget your head and
listen to your heart. I'm not
hearing any heart.
Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll
come back. Because, the truth is
there is no sense living your life
without this. To make the journey
and not fall deeply in love -- well,
you haven't lived a life at all.
You have to try. Because if you
haven't tried, you haven't lived.
SUSAN
Bravo.
PARRISH
Aw, you're tough.
SUSAN
I'm sorry. But give it to me again.
The short version.
PARRISH
Stay open. Who knows? Lightning
could strike.
Do you love Drew?
SUSAN
You mean like you loved Mom?
PARRISH
Forget about me and Mom -- are you
going to marry him?
SUSAN
Probably.
A moment.
PARRISH
(smiles)
Don't get carried away.
SUSAN
Uh oh --
PARRISH
Susan, you're a hell of a woman.
You've got a great career, you're
beautiful --
SUSAN
And I'm your daughter and no man
will ever be good enough for me.
PARRISH
Well, I wasn't going to say that --
SUSAN
What were you going to say?
PARRISH
Listen, I'm crazy about the guy --
He's smart, he's aggressive, he
could carry Parrish Communications
into the 21st century and me along
with it.
SUSAN
So what's wrong with that?
PARRISH
That's for me. I'm talking about
you. It's not so much what you say
about Drew, it's what you don't say.
SUSAN
You're not listening --
PARRISH
Oh yes, I am. Not an ounce of
excitement, not a whisper of a
thrill, this relationship has all
the passion of a pair of titmice.
SUSAN
Don't get dirty, Dad --
PARRISH
Well, it worries me. I want you
to get swept away. I want you to
levitate. I want you to sing with
rapture and dance like a dervish.
SUSAN
That's all?
PARRISH
Be deliriously happy. Or at least
leave yourself open to be.
SUSAN
'Be deliriously happy'. I'm going
to do my upmost --
He smiles.
PARRISH
I know it's a cornball thing but
love is passion, obsession, someone
you can't live without. If you
don't start with that, what are you
going to end up with? I say fall
head over heels. Find someone you
can love like crazy and who'll love
you the same way back. And how do
you find him? Forget your head and
listen to your heart. I'm not
hearing any heart.
Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll
come back. Because, the truth is
there is no sense living your life
without this. To make the journey
and not fall deeply in love -- well,
you haven't lived a life at all.
You have to try. Because if you
haven't tried, you haven't lived.
SUSAN
Bravo.
PARRISH
Aw, you're tough.
SUSAN
I'm sorry. But give it to me again.
The short version.
PARRISH
Stay open. Who knows? Lightning
could strike.
-Meet Joe Black: Screenplay
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