CBGB (2013)

Stana Katic: Genya Ravan

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• Genya Ravan : What the fuck it's that?

  Cheetah Chrome : What?

  Genya Ravan : Get rid of those fucking things.

  Stiv Bators : They just stickers.

  Genya Ravan : Hilly, your manager, the guy who is footing the bill for this, is Jewish. Me, your producer, I'm Jewish. And the guy who owns this studio, who is doing us a favor by letting us recording at this ridiculous prices, he's got numbers tattooed in his arm. Do you know what that means?

  Cheetah Chrome : Not really.

  Genya Ravan : Auschwitz. Hitler. Nazis. Now get rid of those fucking swastikas.

• Genya Ravan : Look, you guys, you're not Nazis, okay? You're punks, and anything bad, anything wrong, you wanna do it. I get it. Now let's go have a bagel.

  Cheetah Chrome : What's a bagel?

  Genya Ravan : What's... What's a bagel? What part of Cleveland are you from? Cleveland, Germany?

• Genya Ravan : So is that your real hair color or do you just dye it that way?

  Cheetah Chrome : Who wants to know?

  Genya Ravan : Me.

  Cheetah Chrome : It's real.

  [he unbuckles his belt and drops his trousers] 

  Cheetah Chrome : So, now you know.

  Genya Ravan : Yeah, we're good.

• Genya Ravan : So, they vomit, they drop trow, they slash themselves, they bleed, they hang themselves, and that's just on stage.

  Hilly Kristal : I think their on-stage antics are evidence of commitment.

  Genya Ravan : Hilly, I don't want to produce a shit album for a flash in the pan band.

  Hilly Kristal : Fine, I'll find somebody else.

  [she grins, then stands up and they shake hands] 

  Genya Ravan : We're gonna need money.

  Hilly Kristal : Yep.

  Genya Ravan : And we're gonna need to take 'em out on the road.

  Hilly Kristal : Yep.

  Genya Ravan : Cheetah doesn't trust me.

  Hilly Kristal : Cheetah takes too many drugs.

• Hilly Kristal : [handing Genya a wad of cash]  I went to a pawn shop. Sold everything. My father's watch.

  Genya Ravan : They destroyed your truck.

  Hilly Kristal : And their equipment. They're gonna need equipment.

  Genya Ravan : Why are you doing this?

  Hilly Kristal : I believe in them.

  Genya Ravan : [he turns to leave]  Hey. Thank you.

  Hilly Kristal : Why are you thanking me?

  Genya Ravan : Somebody should.