Before the scene: Chris Gardner is looking for a job to feed his family. Because of this, he goes to the job interview. For this interview Chris Gardner is a bit dirty and tries to win over the boss with humor.
-Chris Gardner: Chris Gardner. How are
you? Good morning.
Chris Gardner.
Chris Gardner. Good to see you again.
Chris Gardner. Pleasure.
I´ve
been sitting there for the last half-hour trying to come up with a story that
would explain my being here dressed like this.
And I
wanted to come up with a story that would demonstrate qualities that I´m sure
you all admire here, like earnestness or diligence. Team-playing, something. And
I couldn´t think of anything.
So the
truth is…I was arrested for failure to pay parking tickets.
-Jay: Parking tickets?
-Chris Gardner: And I ran all the way
here from the Polk Station, the police station.
-Boss: What were you doing before you
were arrested?
- Chris Gardner: I was painting my apartment.
-Boss: Is it dry now?.
- Chris Gardner: I hope so.
-Boss: Jay says you´re pretty
determined.
-Jay: He´s been waiting outside the
front of the building with some 20 kilos jigger for over a month.
-Boss: He said you´re clever.
- Chris Gardner: Well, I like to think
so.
-Boss: And you want to learn this
business?
- Chris Gardner: Yes, sir, I wanna
learn.
-Boss: Have you already started learning
on your own?
- Chris Gardner: Absolutely.
-Boss: Jay?
-Jay: Yes, sir?
-Boss: How many times have you seen
Chris?
-Jay: I don´t know. One too many,
apparently.
- Boss: Was he ever dressed like this?
-Jay: No. Jacket and tie.
-Boss: First in you class in high
school?
- Chris Gardner: Yes, sir.
-Boss: How many in the class?
- Chris Gardner: Twelve. It was a small
town.
-Boss: I´ll say.
- Chris Gardner: But I was also first in
my radar class in the Navy, and that was a class of twenty.
Can I say something? I´m the type of
person if you ask me a question, and I don´t know the answer, I´m gonna tell
you that I don´t know. But I bet you what. I know how to find the answer, and I
will find the answer.
Is that fair enough?
-Boss: Chris. What would you say if a
guy walked in for an interview, without a shirt on, and I hired him? What would
you say?
- Chris Gardner: He must have had on
some really nice pants.
