Thumbsucker (2005)
Benjamin Bratt: Matt Schramm
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[Justin sneaks to his mother's place of work at the rehab center for celebrities, while outside he bumps into his mom's favorite celebrity smoking outside, Matt Schramm]
Matt Schramm : So, what, are you in juvie?
Justin Cobb : Yeah.
Matt Schramm : What's your poison?
Justin Cobb : Uh, dope.
Matt Schramm : What flavor?
Justin Cobb : I don't know. Everything I guess.
Matt Schramm : Mmm. Welcome to the fucking club. I never met a drug I didn't like.
Matt Schramm : [Matt notices Justin looking back at his mother through the open curtain in the window] Yeah, she's a tough one. In fact, I consider her my guardian angel.
Justin Cobb : Are you friends?
Matt Schramm : Mmm. It's deeper than that. A month or so ago, I fly in here. I work in TV. My studio commits me. Have you ever seen my show, The Line? You know, sometimes you gotta cross it.
Justin Cobb : I don't know.
Matt Schramm : Anyway. So naturally, I smuggle in a stash, right? Tucked up my ass. But it's too high up. I can't get to it, so... I take a spoon. Something goes wrong. There's all this blood everywhere.
[we see the flashback]
Matt Schramm : Jesus Christ! That's a lot of blood. There's Cobb there. She runs into my room. Sticks her hand in there. No Vaseline, just my blood.
Audrey Cobb : [in the flashback, we see Matt screaming and whimpering] There it is. There it is.
Matt Schramm : [laughs] That's heavy, right?
Justin Cobb : That's sick.
Matt Schramm : Yeah. She saved my life though. And that was the moment I finally got real about myself. I'm Matt. And I'm an addict. The other night she said to me, we're all addicted to...
Audrey Cobb : Something. Maybe an idea of ourselves, of our lives. Maybe some idea of success, or failure or...
Matt Schramm : What, you're scared, too?
Audrey Cobb : Being the mother of a 17-year-old is a trip.
Matt Schramm : Oh, yeah.
Audrey Cobb : Yeah?
[chuckles]
Audrey Cobb : You're supposed to have all the answers, and you don't have one.
Matt Schramm : Wow.
Audrey Cobb : Even the idea that once you have a family, you'll never be lonely again.
Matt Schramm : Heavy, huh? We don't like to admit it, but, uh, we're all just scared little animals.
[Matt gives Justin a hug for the share]