Schmoozing with Old Al

Don’t even ask me where I get these opportunities but I got a yes to this conversation from Mr Al himself.

I guess it’s a pleasure to be here, what, G I’m supposed to call you?

G is fine. It’s not really that often that I get to hang out with a celebrity of your caliber.

What? What is caliber? How do we measure what we do? I’ve been fortunate. I’ve had a whole career. Some people don’t get nothing and some people they get a little something. Oh it’s a crazy game. It’s not bad to be me. That’s no secret. I can pat myself on the back. Tell Mama her boy did good.

Okay, if this is the only shot I have, we have a role but perhaps you might be appropriate for.

No, you see? I trusted you. I trusted you that this was going to be some conversation thing and here you are trying to drag my tired ass out and I told you already I don’t want to go. I don’t need the work. I don’t want to work. I don’t need any of this really anymore. I’m tired and I just want to rest. This business. These businesses best done in tiny doses to tell the truth.

Do you even want to know what the role is?

Okay. So you’re going to tell me that you wrote this role specifically for me? With all of the other actors in the world available to you, you decided to write this part for me? For me and only me?

No. I think we decided on Dustin Hoffman as being just right there. But for some reason I’ve run into you and you play Jewish incredibly right now.

What do you mean I play Jewish? Am I acting Jewish?

Not to racial profile or anything but…

Is it a good thing? Can I pull it off?

You are. It’s kind of cool. Kind of like, the Don is done.

How about that. The Don is done. Such implications of a lifetime. I didn’t ask for this role. This rule was given to me and I accepted it and all the responsibilities. And I gave my life to this thing we have. And all I can do is ask myself if it was worth it. Was it worth it to do what I have done?

That was the most amazing Brando I have ever heard.

Thank you. They told me never to bring it out for some reason. I am not allowed to do Brando.

Bloody shame.

Damn straight. What’s the role?

God.



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