[Sam sees Ruth and Bash staring at an art piece]
Sam Sylvia: Are you guys tripping?
Ruth Wilder: We're appreciating this piece of art.
Sam Sylvia: Oh yeah. I like art that tells you exactly what it is.
[art piece is a neon sign that reads 'Neon']
Sebastian 'Bash' Howard: Can you give us a little alone time?
Ruth Wilder: Oh, don't mind me. I'm just hiding from Debbie.
[Sam stares at Ruth]
Ruth Wilder: I'll go.
[Ruth walks away]
Sam Sylvia: So what is this? The old Malibu ambush? You're gonna ply me with some drinks and tell me you don't like my vision?
Sebastian 'Bash' Howard: Sam, I hired you to direct a wrestling show. Which I came up with. It was my idea.
Sam Sylvia: It was the seed of an idea. I'm... I'm trying to elevate the form.
Sebastian 'Bash' Howard: And that is so bitchin', but can you maybe also not do that? When I said that I wanted something different, I meant the way Ms. Pac-Man is different from Pac-Man. As in, almost the exact same thing, but with a bow in her hair. Not set in the desert after a nuclear war.
Sam Sylvia: Oh, okay. So I see, you don't want story.
Sebastian 'Bash' Howard: The Iron Sheik. right? What's his story? Where does he come from?
Sam Sylvia: I don't even know who that is.
Sebastian 'Bash' Howard: He's a fucking wrestler, Sam, okay? And it doesn't matter because he just wears a head scarf and he hates America. That's all you have to do. Bottom line: your ideas are just too complicated. We need to simplify. Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. That's what we're doing here. Gorgeous Ladies. Wrestling.
Sam Sylvia: Okay. All due respect. Okay, you hired me, because I'm a professional. I know how to do this. I've made eight films; two of which are taught in colleges. I'm not some 25-year-old child who thinks he knows everything. I need a drink.
[Sam walks away]
Sebastian 'Bash' Howard: Try the punch.
Sam Sylvia: I'm not twelve!
