« Do I have an original thought in my head ? My bald head ? Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn’t be falling out. Life is short. I need to make the most of it. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I’m a walking cliché. I really need to go to the doctor and have my leg checked. There’s something wrong. A bump. The dentist called again. I’m way overdue. If I stopped putting things off, I’d be happier. All I do is sit on my fat ass. If my ass wasn’t fat, I’d be happier. I wouldn’t have to wear these shirts with the tails out all the time. Like that’s fooling anyone. Fat ass. I should start jogging again. Five miles a day. Really do it this time. Maybe rock climbing. I need to turn my life around. What do I need to do ? I need to fall in love. I need to have a girlfriend. I need to read more, improve myself. What if I learned Russian or something ? Or took up an instrument ? I could speak Chinese. I would be the screenwriter who speaks Chinese. And plays the oboe. That would be cool. I should get my hair cut short. Stop trying to fool myself into thinking I have a full head of hair. How pathetic is that ? Just be real. Confident. Isn’t that what women are attracted to ? Men don’t have to be attractive. But that’s not true, especially these days. Almost as much pressure on men as there is on women these days. Why should I be made to feel I have to apologize for my existence ? Maybe it’s my brain chemistry. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with me : bad chemistry. All my problems and anxiety can be reduced to a chemical imbalance or some kind of misfiring synapses. I need to get help for that. But I’d still be ugly, though. Nothing’s gonna change that. »
- Adaptation (Charles Kaufman - Spike Jonze)