A scene from Lost in Translation 2003
Charlotte

[Bob and Charlotte are lying together side by side on the bed]

I'm stuck. Does it get easier.

Bob

No. Yes. It gets easier.

Charlotte

Oh yeah? Look at you.

Bob

Thanks. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Charlotte

Yeah. I just don't know what I'm supposed to be, you know. I tried being a writer, but I hate what I write. I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. You know, every girl goes through a photography phase. You know, like horses... taking dumb pictures of your feet.

Bob

You'll figure that out. I'm not worried about you. Keep writing.

Charlotte

But I'm so mean.

Bob

Mean's okay.

Charlotte

Yeah? What about marriage, does that get easier?

Bob

That's hard. We used to have a lot of fun. Lydia would come with me when I made the movies, and we would laugh about it all. Now she doesn't want to leave the kids, and she doesn't need me to be there. The kids miss me, but they're fine. It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.

Charlotte

It's scary.

Bob

The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.

Charlotte

Nobody ever tells you that.

Bob

Your life, as you know it... is gone, never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk and you wanna be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life.

Charlotte

[beginning to fall asleep]

Hmm, that's nice.

Bob

Where'd you grow up?

Charlotte

Um, I grew up in New York, and I moved to Los Angeles when John and I got married. But it's so different there.

Bob

Yeah, I know.

Charlotte

John thinks I'm so snotty.

Bob

[chuckles]

You're not hopeless.

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