Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Quote
Mike Shiner: I wanna know something. Why Raymond Carver?
Riggan: I was a kid in high school, doing a play at Syracuse. He was in the audience. And he sent this back, afterwards. [gives Mike a napkin]
Mike Shiner: Thank you for an honest performance. Ray Carver. Yeah?
Riggan: That's how I knew I was gonna be an actor. Right there.
Mike Shiner: [laughs sadly]Oh...
Riggan: What's so funny?
Mike Shiner: He just wrote this on a cocktail napkin?
Riggan: Yeah. So?
Mike Shiner: He was fucking drunk, man.
Riggan: I was a kid in high school, doing a play at Syracuse. He was in the audience. And he sent this back, afterwards. [gives Mike a napkin]
Mike Shiner: Thank you for an honest performance. Ray Carver. Yeah?
Riggan: That's how I knew I was gonna be an actor. Right there.
Mike Shiner: [laughs sadly]Oh...
Riggan: What's so funny?
Mike Shiner: He just wrote this on a cocktail napkin?
Riggan: Yeah. So?
Mike Shiner: He was fucking drunk, man.
Movie: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)