Tropic Thunder (2008) is a comedy co-written and directed by Ben Stiller about Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), an insecure actor playing the lead character in a badly made Vietnam War movie based on a book by Four Leaf Tayback (Nick Nolte).
Life Lesson:
Movie Scene:
Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.): You’re gonna focus up now, [mf], and say it, “It’s me, Tugg!”
Tugg: It’s me, Tugg.
Kirk: That’s right! Now, Tugg who?
Tugg: Tugg who? I don’t know. Who are you?
Kirk: Me? I know who I am! I’m a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude. You a dude that don’t know what dude he is!
Tugg: Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is and claims to know what dude he is by playing other dudes.
Kirk: I know what dude I am!
Tugg: You’re scared.
Kirk: I ain’t scared. Scared of what?
Tugg: Or scared of who.
Kirk: Scared of who?!
Tugg: Scared of you.
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