The movie of us
When we're working on our screenplay, we sometimes assign famous actors
to play our characters so we'll have someone in our minds to move
around. We'll say things like "what about that one guy from that one
show, the old one?" Or, "yeah, he looks like he could be your neighbor
or a serial killer, he'd be perfect!"
Then after getting stuck on who would play the waitress in a very important scene in our screenplay, we started talking about who would play us in the movie of our lives.
Then after getting stuck on who would play the waitress in a very important scene in our screenplay, we started talking about who would play us in the movie of our lives.
Tricia
Kate Winslet should play you.
Kate Winslet should play you.
She'd play the fuck out of you,
she'd play a better you than you.
Siana
Do you think we could get Tina Fey to play you -
she should play you. She's kind of famous now, she
might not have time to play you in this movie,
I wouldn't want it to interfere with 30 Rock.
TriciaI wouldn't want it to interfere with 30 Rock.
Is Liza Minelli still alive?
Can you she play me when I'm older?
Siana
If I was older I'd want Diane Keaton to play me.
And if I was even older I'd want Maggie Smith to play me.
As writers, when trying to think of a description of our writing style, we've decided the following:
If Nora Ephron and Judd Apatow had a baby, it would be us. But twins.
We say twins because people often say we look like sisters, which we think is weird because we don't look anything alike. We think it's like that thing where people say you look like your dog.
Tricia
Am I the dog in this scenario?
We know that set up was too easy. But we must pay homage to the woman who stole our heart with lines like:
"She must be retaining water, believe me the woman saved everything" "Mr. Zero knew?" and "Baby Fish Mouth... sweeping the nation, that's not saying" Well that last line is out of order, but you get the idea
We just can't get enough of that Nora Ephron! (For those that don't know, Nora Ephron wrote When Harry Met Sally, maybe the best romantic comedy ever, she deserves your respect god damn it!)
If I was older I'd want Diane Keaton to play me.
And if I was even older I'd want Maggie Smith to play me.
Tricia
What would the movie of us be titled? Siana
Assholes in paradise Tricia
Two Girls on a Bench Siana
duh, great idea Tricia..... Tricia
Moons over my hammy - ode to Denny's
Moons over my hammy - ode to Denny's
Siana
Hippies use the back door
Hippies use the back door
As writers, when trying to think of a description of our writing style, we've decided the following:
If Nora Ephron and Judd Apatow had a baby, it would be us. But twins.
We say twins because people often say we look like sisters, which we think is weird because we don't look anything alike. We think it's like that thing where people say you look like your dog.
Tricia
Am I the dog in this scenario?
We know that set up was too easy. But we must pay homage to the woman who stole our heart with lines like:
"She must be retaining water, believe me the woman saved everything" "Mr. Zero knew?" and "Baby Fish Mouth... sweeping the nation, that's not saying" Well that last line is out of order, but you get the idea
We just can't get enough of that Nora Ephron! (For those that don't know, Nora Ephron wrote When Harry Met Sally, maybe the best romantic comedy ever, she deserves your respect god damn it!)
PS: We apologize to anyone who received multiple emails when this was posted - technical difficulties!
Posted by Two Girls on a Bench at 5/26/2009 10:04 PM 
Categories: screenplay writing
Tags: screenplay writing Liza Minelli Nora Ephron Kate Winslet Judd Apatow Tina Fey Baby Fish Mouth
Categories: screenplay writing
Tags: screenplay writing Liza Minelli Nora Ephron Kate Winslet Judd Apatow Tina Fey Baby Fish Mouth
Tina Fey is so not "kind of" famous! She's a star!
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She is a star, we were just downplaying it so she'd feel punk'd into being in our movie, do you think our strategy will work? She is truly our hero...heroine...
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Does anyone ever click on "disliked" in the 'did you like this post' box? Just curious. I'll have the apple pie, but only if it's heated, with the ice cream on the side.
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Hmmmm..."Assholes in paradise"...not sure if I'd call Ventura County paradise, but OK!
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