. . Dad phoned while I was trying to beat Super Metroid on a PC SNES emulator (in under an hour and ten, with no more than 50% items). "Ethan, come out to the set and spend time with me." "Dad, it's eleven p.m. I'm still at work. What's wrong?" "Is it so much to ask that you come cheer up your old man?" "Dad, hanging out on sets is boring. They're even more boring than ballrooms. Learn how to knit." "The food here sucks." "Dad, are you even listening to me?" "And the actress in this dog of a movie is vegan, so everybody else has to be one, too." "Unions allow that?" "Ethan, I really need you here." "Is it Ellen?" "No." "What is it, then?" "I said it was nothing. I just want to see you." "I'm going to hang up if you don't tell me what's going on." "Oh, all right. It's Kam Fong." "He's messing with your life?" "Yeah." "How? Why?" "He got . . . a speaking part on this movie." "What?" "What a prick, huh?" "He's not even an actor. How did he get a speaking part?" "Well, you know, since that night at the club, we've become pretty good friends, so I invited him out here to visit the set.
