Storytelling (2001)

Paul Giamatti: Toby Oxman (segment "Non-Fiction")

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• Scooby Livingston : You're a pervert?

  Toby Oxman : No. Actually I'm a documentary filmmaker.

  Scooby Livingston : Oh. You mean like "Blair Witch Project"?

• Toby Oxman : Scooby. Scooby. Scooby. What are you thinking?

• Toby Oxman : Scooby does have a quality... that I've been looking for. A quality that is emblematic of America today. It's part disillusionment, part hope.

• Toby's Editor (segment "Non-Fiction") : It's funny, I suppose. But it seems glib and facile to just make fun of how idiotic these people are.

  Toby Oxman : I'm not making fun. I'm... I'm showing it as it really is.

  Toby's Editor (segment "Non-Fiction") : You're showing how superior you are to your subject.

  Toby Oxman : No, but I... I like my subject. I like these people.

  Toby's Editor (segment "Non-Fiction") : No, you don't.

  Toby Oxman : Yes, I do! I love them.

• Toby Oxman : When you make a documentary, uh, you do it for many reasons. But money is certainly not one of them.

• Toby Oxman : When the sky is clear and the sun is warm, you're reminded of how beautiful things can be. A lamppost... a sign... a straw wrapper, blowing in the wind. But when that dark cloud appears, you realize how fragile the balance of life is.

• Toby Oxman : But don't you find it a little funny, too, at the same time?

  Toby's Editor (segment "Non-Fiction") : You've got a family tragedy on your hands. Will you tell me what's funny about that? About a kid in a coma?