Contributions to the Marriage

Imagine sitting me down

At a table

With two lawyers

And somebody taking notes

And you sitting there

And me sitting here

And you

You

Asking me

About my contributions

To the--

I’m sorry

I’m sorry

Can I start over?

Imagine you--

I won’t start over

I’ll just--

I’ll just go to--

Imagine--Okay

Your lawyer asking me

On your behalf

What my contributions--

See, I don’t think it

It works that way

I--

I don’t like how that’s--

Mike, I know you want it

Just like how it is

How real it is

But the--I feel like the first question

Needs to come from the husband

I’m not undermining your vision, Mike

I just--You heard how it sounded

It didn’t sound right

It’s not about how I said it, Mike

You know it’s not

It’s got nothing to do with--

I just want to change one part of it

Just that first part

And all the rest--

Me changing one thing

Is not going to bring your script

To its knees, Mike

I’m trying to help

We’re going to go home tonight

And you’re going to be all pissed off

Because something wasn’t working

Just like last night

And you’re up all night

You won’t eat

And I have to deal with that

So just let me help you

Fix this one part that isn’t--

I’m not pulling the wife kid, Mike

That’s not what I’m doing

I’m very respectful of--of--

Of you and your position

But, you know, if I wasn’t your wife

I would probably have even more to say

About how--

None of this makes any--

That the two of them

Are just sitting there

Next to their lawyers

Not saying anything while--

Sweetie, I’ve been divorced, okay?
You haven’t

You don’t know what--

I’m just telling you what happens

You don’t need to--

Never mind, leave it

No, let’s leave it

But fuck you tonight

When you try cry on my shoulder

About how things are--

This is why nobody wants to work with you, Mike

This is why your wife has to do you favors

And be in your movies

Because you have no collaborative spirit

None at all

And nobody wants you to be around you, okay?

I’ll just say that since I’ve already

Crossed a line here

Since that’s what you’re implying

Never mind, can we just start?

Can we go back?

I only needed to do--

Can we just--

Thank you

No, I’m fine

I’m fine

I don’t want to talk now

I just want to say the lines
Like your fucking puppet

So just let me say the lines

All right?

Thank you

Thank you, Mr. Director

Thank you

Okay

Okay, are we good?

Okay

Imagine sitting me down

At a table

With two lawyers

And somebody taking notes

And you sitting there

And me sitting here

And you

You

Asking me

About my contributions

To the marriage