Chapter 14. A Secret Leaks, a Teacher Speaks

The Kominsky Method 2×6

Norman Newlander: Are you familiar with the five stages of grief?
Sandy Kominsky: The Keebler-Ross thing?
Norman Newlander: Kübler.
Sandy Kominsky: Oh.
Norman Newlander: Kübler. Keebler is the cookie people.

Sandy Kominsky: The doctors said I'm gonna beat this.
Norman Newlander: Of course they said that. That doesn't mean anything.
Sandy Kominsky: And I'm back in denial.

Norman Newlander: Drop dead, you bag of shit!
Madelyn: What?
Norman Newlander: Uh, I said, how's seven o'clock sound?
Sandy Kominsky: Yeah. That's what he said.

Sandy Kominsky: How are you feeling?
Martin Schneider: Good, yeah. Feelin' strong. Yeah, thanks. Good.
Sandy Kominsky: Good.
Martin Schneider: Yeah. It's all good. I don't know why I say that. I hate that saying. "It's all good." You ever know anything that was all good? But, uh, in general, I am good. Most... mostly good. And you?
Sandy Kominsky: Um... also good.
Martin Schneider: So we... are both good.
Sandy Kominsky: Mm-hm. "Johnny B. Goode."
Martin Schneider: "Good Golly, Miss Molly."
Sandy Kominsky: "Good Vibrations."
Martin Schneider: Maxwell House, good to the last drop... That one doesn't work as good. Okay.

Sandy Kominsky: I wanna ... talk a little bit about comedy as a genre... What separates comedy from drama? Is there, in fact, a separation? ... Should we, as actors, even acknowledge a divide between the two forms? Human beings cry, they love, they fear, they laugh, they rage. Which of those things is more important, more worthy of their intentions than the others?.. The answer is simple. None of them. They're equal. Which means we don't play comedy. We don't play drama. We play the truth. If you're cast in a comedy, perhaps a sitcom, and there's a joke in your script, you don't play the joke. You play the reality of the moment. If there's laughter to be had, it'll take care of itself. You don't need to help it. In fact... helping it is the worst thing that you can do.

Sandy Kominsky: Yes, Martin?
Martin Schneider: Uh, what if the joke stinks?
Sandy Kominsky: That's not your concern. You're providing services as an actor, not a critic.

Madelyn: I'd like a cup of strawberry with all of the fixings.
Norman Newlander: Make it two. Except vanilla and just M&M's.

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