FRANCESCA
Do you mind if I... ask you why you got
divorced?
ROBERT Not
at all. I wasn't around much... So why did
I get married? Well, I thought it was a
good idea at the time. Have a home base.
Roots. You can get lost moving around so
much.
FRANCESCA So
what happened?
ROBERT
I never got lost. For some reason, I'm more
at home everywhere than at one place. So
I decided I'll think of myself as some kind
of world citizen. I belong everywhere and
nowhere. I'm kin to everyone,
and no one in particular.
See, once you get into the habit of not
needing anyone, it's kind of hard to break.
FRANCESCA You
must get lonely at times.
ROBERT Never
touch the stuff. I've got friends all over
the world. Good friends I can see when I
want, if I want.
FRANCESCA Woman
friends, too?
ROBERT
I'm a loner, I'm not a monk.
(Francesca averts
her eyes, before continuing her investigation.)
FRANCESCA You
really don't need anyone?
ROBERT No,
I think I need everyone! I love people.
I want to meet them all! I just think there
are too many out there saying "This
is mine." or "She's mine."
Too many lines have been drawn. World's
breaking apart because of man's weakness
for some testosterone
conquests over territory and power and
people. He wants control over what deep
down he knows he has no control over whatsoever
and it scares him silly.
FRANCESCA Why
doesn't it scare you?
ROBERT I embrace
Mystery. I don't know what's coming.
And I don't mind.
FRANCESCA Do
you ever regret it? The divorce, I mean.
ROBERT No.
FRANCESCA Do
you ever regret not having a family?
ROBERT Not
everybody's supposed to have a family.
FRANCESCA But
-- how can you just live for what you want?
What about other people?
ROBERT I told
you, I love other people.
FRANCESCA But
no one in particular.
ROBERT No.
But I love them just the same.
FRANCESCA But
it's not the same.
ROBERT That's
not what you're saying. I know it's not
the same. What you're saying is, it's not
as good. Or it's not as normal or proper.
FRANCESCA No,
I'm just saying --
ROBERT (interrupting)
I'm a little sick of this American
Family Ethic everyone seems to
be hypnotized
by in this country. I guess you think I'm
just some poor displaced soul doomed to
roam the earth without a self-cleaning oven
and home movie.
FRANCESCA (irritated)
Just because someone chooses to settle down
and have a family doesn't necessarily mean
they're hypnotized. Just because I've never
seen a gazelle stampede doesn't mean I'm
asleep in the world.
Useful lanuage
items:
I'm kin
to everyone, and no one in particular. 我跟每个人都很亲近,但等于和任何人都不亲近。Back
I'm a loner,
I'm not a monk. 我是一个独来独往的人,但并不是和尚。 Back
