Sarah Jessica Parker: Vox, Jr.

[A FEW WEEKS LATER]

C: Hello, Sarah? It's me.

S: Can you hang on a second? Another person put me on hold. [LONG PAUSE. I have time to search my entire apartment, and discover that I'm out of smokes.] Hello? Sorry. Did you fall asleep?

C: No, I had a cup of coffee.

S: You shouldn't be drinking coffee.

C: I know, but I had to. Nicole Kidman almost ran me off the road today.

S: [Muffled] Eric, Nicole Kidman almost ran him off the road today! Chris, was I happy last time we spoke?

C: Pretty happy.

S: I'm taking big steps. I'm gonna start therapy on Thursday.

C: I haven't been in therapy in a couple of years, but--

S: Hang on a second. I have a visiting dog here and she lost her bone. [Muffled] Where did it go, Stanley? Where did it go? ... Sorry--I didn't mean to cut you off. Anyway, about therapy, I have to do this. It's not just time--it's time. I didn't quit smoking, although I went till five on the first day.

C: Five a.m.?

S: P.M.! That'd be really pathetic. "She shot out of bed at five a.m. and said, 'I made it five hours,' and lit up." [BEEP!] Sorry! [LONG PAUSE] I'm back. You'll call me when you come to New York next month, right?

C: Yeah. I'm lining up my schedule now: all my former girlfriends who will still deal with me.

S: Wait. Let me ask you a question: Do they all know each other?

C: No ... Jesus, no.

S: Ever have the fantasy of putting all of them together in one room and letting them figure out why they're there? I do.

C: I managed to achieve that my senior year in high school. I'm gonna do it again, because it's 10 years later and there are lots more.

S: I couldn't really do that myself, because they all know each other and, since they're all actors, they'd all just think they were up for the same part. By the way, I was really pleased that you were doing this. I wonder if you and I will have one of those things where you'll write, and do other stuff, but always do my interviews. Wouldn't that be neat?

C: Like those two guys in the 18th century--Boswell and that other cat.

S: Or like Michael Apted and 35 Up.

C: Except that we didn't start early enough for that, Sarah.

S: Well, you know, my life didn't really begin until I met you.

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Christopher Hunt

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