Joe, please-—just listen. Otherwise all you do is replay the old pathology.
Donnie Brasco (1997)
BERGER
A screenplay character in Donnie Brasco (1997).
- lines
- 10
- words
- 151
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 1.9%
- avg words / line
- 15
- shortest / longest
- 4 / 47
Sample dialogue
Okay. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are Joe's intimacy days. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are Maggie’s. On your day, you make one intimacy request. “Rub my back,” or, “Help me work out this problem I'm having with the kids.” Odd day, even day. Sunday's your day off. -
scene 92, source scene 93 — INT. NIGHT. PISTONE HOME-~-BEDROOM 99BPlease, Joe, just listen.
scene 92, source scene 93 — INT. NIGHT. PISTONE HOME-~-BEDROOM 99BWhat do you think you're running from? DONNIE I ain't running from nothing. MAGGIE ' (mimics)
scene 92, source scene 93 — INT. NIGHT. PISTONE HOME-~-BEDROOM 99Bfulfilling the intimacy needs that you've--
scene 92, source scene 93 — INT. NIGHT. PISTONE HOME-~-BEDROOM 99BBeing the distancer forces Maggie into the role of the pursuer. That gives you a feeling of power. Simultaneously you resent Maggie for fulfilling the intimacy needs that you ‘ve-—
scene 92, source scene 93 — INT. NIGHT. PISTONE HOME-~-BEDROOM 99B
Bookends
Okay. Monday, Wednesday and Friday are Joe's intimacy days. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are Maggie’s. On your day, you make one intimacy request. “Rub my back,” or, “Help me work out this problem I'm having with the kids.” Odd day, even day. Sunday's your day off. -