1 00:02:03,470 --> 00:02:07,470 Dear red shoes, I have a brand new motto that might help you. 2 00:02:07,990 --> 00:02:09,530 Risk all to gain all. 3 00:02:10,750 --> 00:02:12,290 Sometimes you gamble and lose. 4 00:02:13,530 --> 00:02:15,110 Sometimes you gamble and win. 5 00:02:16,150 --> 00:02:20,710 All I can say is that sometimes your worst nightmare can end up being your 6 00:02:20,710 --> 00:02:21,710 salvation. 7 00:02:23,330 --> 00:02:25,790 At least that's the way it turned out for me. 8 00:02:31,730 --> 00:02:37,500 See? I'm one of those women who's kind of pretty and who's kind of always been 9 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:38,760 taken care of by men. 10 00:02:46,260 --> 00:02:52,540 In fact, I'll go as far as to say my entire identity was defined by the man I 11 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:54,940 was with at the time. There was no me. 12 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,780 I was just a prop. 13 00:03:05,580 --> 00:03:11,060 My one and only skill, the one and only thing I truly excelled at was shooting 14 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:12,060 pool. 15 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:27,180 I learned how to shoot from my father during the long winter months. We'd play 16 00:03:27,180 --> 00:03:31,140 it almost every night, all day Saturday and all day Sunday. 17 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,740 Anyway, to make a long story short, 18 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,740 Carl, the last guy I was with, brought me to L.A. 19 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,160 Things went bad, and I finally found the strength to break away. 20 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:53,820 With no money, no plane ticket home. 21 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:09,800 No way to pay the rent. 22 00:04:13,940 --> 00:04:15,380 I had no skills. 23 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:18,019 No place to live. 24 00:04:19,180 --> 00:04:20,360 No way to exist. 25 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,880 Anyway, after three days on the street, 26 00:04:32,060 --> 00:04:36,560 I realized. 27 00:04:36,990 --> 00:04:38,270 I was down to two choices. 28 00:04:52,270 --> 00:04:53,310 It's a hopeful history. 29 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:08,340 Hustle Pool. 30 00:05:40,010 --> 00:05:41,010 Fucking hustler. 31 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:42,650 I'm going to teach you a lesson, bitch. 32 00:05:44,730 --> 00:05:45,770 Come on, take my hand. 33 00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:46,990 Take my hand. 34 00:05:47,250 --> 00:05:48,250 Just run. 35 00:05:51,530 --> 00:05:53,270 You got him. Get out of the way. 36 00:05:55,290 --> 00:05:56,290 Look out, you're dead. 37 00:05:57,630 --> 00:05:59,550 Run. Jump in the back of the truck. 38 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:23,720 Then just when everything started to work, I found myself back where I 39 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:24,720 started. 40 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,140 Back in the arms of a total stranger. 41 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:32,080 Maybe that's the way it's done. 42 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,560 You want to hustle pool, you got to work in your game day and night. 43 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,020 The higher the stakes, the tougher the competition. 44 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,480 Now remember, 45 00:06:50,570 --> 00:06:54,990 You got to give a little. Every now and then, you got to lose a few. 46 00:06:56,730 --> 00:06:58,130 Give them a chance to get their money back. 47 00:07:02,830 --> 00:07:03,830 Buy them a few beer. 48 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:06,170 Whatever it takes, make them feel comfortable. 49 00:07:14,770 --> 00:07:15,770 On the other hand, 50 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,180 You could cut the process short. 51 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:22,420 Team up with me. 52 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:27,760 That's my dress. 53 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:35,220 Thanks, but no thanks. 54 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:37,620 I've had enough teachers. 55 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,720 Right. Teachers suck. 56 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,720 I'm not talking teacher. I'm talking coming to team. 57 00:07:44,820 --> 00:07:46,340 Let me ask you a question before you go. 58 00:07:47,990 --> 00:07:48,990 Where are you going to sleep tonight? 59 00:07:56,650 --> 00:07:57,870 Don't you think I know you're broke? 60 00:07:59,450 --> 00:08:02,890 I didn't mean to, but I've been watching you. 61 00:08:05,270 --> 00:08:07,170 For whatever reason, you're not rock solid. 62 00:08:08,170 --> 00:08:09,430 So I'm going to ask you a question again. 63 00:08:11,510 --> 00:08:12,550 Where are you going to sleep tonight? 64 00:08:17,710 --> 00:08:18,750 I don't have a place to stay. 65 00:08:21,690 --> 00:08:22,690 It's okay. 66 00:08:25,730 --> 00:08:27,570 It's good to hit rock bottom every once in a while. 67 00:08:31,490 --> 00:08:33,230 You should appreciate the things you do have. 68 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:43,870 Stay here tonight. 69 00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:49,420 Take a shower. Get a good night's sleep. 70 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:51,520 You take the bed. 71 00:08:53,580 --> 00:08:54,680 And I'll take the floor. 72 00:08:58,020 --> 00:08:58,959 No hype. 73 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,960 No pressure. 74 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:01,600 No obligations. 75 00:09:02,820 --> 00:09:03,820 Okay? 76 00:09:16,910 --> 00:09:18,330 Draft coming in from under the door. 77 00:09:20,490 --> 00:09:21,890 Guess I'm just not used to it. 78 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:30,170 Guess I'm just used to my big, wide, soft, warm bed. 79 00:09:39,410 --> 00:09:43,470 What I was thinking is, like I said, it's a pretty wide bed. 80 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,340 If you move over there, we can sort of share it. 81 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:51,780 Not touch you or anything. 82 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:54,860 But I could sleep on this side. 83 00:09:59,220 --> 00:10:00,220 You're right. 84 00:10:01,060 --> 00:10:02,060 Bad idea. 85 00:10:24,270 --> 00:10:26,650 Bottom line, we work as a team. 86 00:10:28,630 --> 00:10:32,330 You put up the stake, I pay you back out of our first winnings. 87 00:10:33,410 --> 00:10:35,910 After that, we split everything 50-50. 88 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,870 You pay for your own food, I pay for mine. 89 00:10:41,870 --> 00:10:47,190 Same goes for hotels, laundry, everything we do. 90 00:10:49,430 --> 00:10:50,430 Got it? 91 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:41,840 Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you get lucky. What do you want? 92 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,320 Come on. 93 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,120 Hey, let me buy you a beer, all right? 94 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:46,840 Come on. Wait. 95 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,320 I'll tell you what. 96 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:50,660 You want to play one-on-one? 97 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:51,880 Double or nothing. 98 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,080 You... Guys, team up, all right? 99 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,320 I'll tell you what. I'll go out, pick somebody at random. You... Girls, hey. 100 00:12:00,780 --> 00:12:02,200 They can blindfold me, all right? 101 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:04,260 Blindfold. 102 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,460 Ah, yes. 103 00:12:09,450 --> 00:12:10,450 Yes. Yes. 104 00:12:17,150 --> 00:12:19,370 Hello. Where am I? Where am I? Hello. 105 00:12:21,130 --> 00:12:23,070 Somebody. Oh, okay. 106 00:12:23,970 --> 00:12:25,230 Anybody. Somebody. 107 00:12:25,990 --> 00:12:27,830 Are you somebody? 108 00:12:28,090 --> 00:12:29,750 Oh. Are you somebody? 109 00:12:30,170 --> 00:12:31,170 Anybody. 110 00:12:32,030 --> 00:12:33,830 Anybody at random. I said, oh. 111 00:12:34,790 --> 00:12:35,910 What's this? Who are you? 112 00:12:36,170 --> 00:12:37,170 Are you somebody? 113 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,920 Anybody, I said anybody, please stop by. 114 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:33,480 Okay, this is the thing. 115 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:52,720 But Tommy and me seemed like we were always hustling, always laughing, 116 00:14:52,820 --> 00:14:55,760 always running. 117 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:00,760 We were a team. 118 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,420 We couldn't get enough of each other. 119 00:15:07,460 --> 00:15:14,380 Night after night, hustle after hustle, me and Tommy together. 120 00:15:19,060 --> 00:15:21,140 Money kept flowing. 121 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,080 Loaded the adrenaline. 122 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,020 Until we reached a level we never experienced. 123 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,900 I couldn't get enough. 124 00:15:43,790 --> 00:15:48,950 I just couldn't get enough I could not get enough 125 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:48,980 What do you think? 126 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:54,220 You really want to know? 127 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:56,420 Mm-hmm. 128 00:19:03,340 --> 00:19:04,480 That last hustle. 129 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,480 Six ball. You were lucky. 130 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:11,700 I went in by mistake. 131 00:19:18,990 --> 00:19:20,010 Lighten up on the stick. 132 00:19:38,050 --> 00:19:39,050 Get up. 133 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:41,670 What are you talking about? 134 00:19:43,610 --> 00:19:44,610 Now. 135 00:19:46,670 --> 00:19:49,410 You against me, teacher. Your winnings against mine. 136 00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:53,850 Forget about it. 137 00:20:04,990 --> 00:20:05,990 All right. 138 00:20:09,810 --> 00:20:11,190 Want to lose your money? Right. 139 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:47,880 But no shit. 140 00:21:18,730 --> 00:21:21,570 All right, now put a little English on it. This is the exact shot we were 141 00:21:21,570 --> 00:21:22,570 talking about. 142 00:21:25,630 --> 00:21:26,630 What? 143 00:21:27,470 --> 00:21:28,930 What the hell are you doing? 144 00:21:29,550 --> 00:21:31,850 You are not my teacher. 145 00:21:32,630 --> 00:21:33,850 What the heck does that mean? 146 00:21:34,110 --> 00:21:35,730 No. Now what? 147 00:21:36,090 --> 00:21:37,990 No more. Slow down. No more what? 148 00:21:38,210 --> 00:21:39,210 No more. 149 00:21:39,450 --> 00:21:43,550 Please. Come on. Put English on the ball. Button your shirt. 150 00:21:44,430 --> 00:21:46,170 Unbutton your shirt. No more. 151 00:22:00,260 --> 00:22:06,420 Men looking after me until I was just a shell, you know. 152 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,140 Then that shell cracked. 153 00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:16,920 And I came alive. 154 00:22:21,620 --> 00:22:23,140 And then you came along. 155 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,600 Suddenly I'm owing you. 156 00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:53,110 I know it was irrational, but I couldn't help myself. 157 00:22:56,270 --> 00:22:57,970 I needed my independence. 158 00:23:00,410 --> 00:23:02,830 I couldn't go back to who I was before. 159 00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:12,430 Making it on my own became an obsession. 160 00:23:26,409 --> 00:23:31,570 Sweet, beautiful, vulnerable Tommy. 161 00:23:41,290 --> 00:23:45,710 Tommy, the right man who happened to come along at the wrong time. 162 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:00,680 So why don't they give blondes a lunch break? 163 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,900 Because they don't want to retrain them every day. 164 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,060 I figured it out. 165 00:24:24,220 --> 00:24:25,660 I want to play you, Tommy. 166 00:24:27,980 --> 00:24:30,640 Beating you is the only way I can be with you and still be me. 167 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,680 I missed you too. 168 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:39,680 Call it. 169 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,880 I'm better than you, baby. If I play you, I'll win. 170 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,900 And I'll lose you all over again. I don't want to do that to myself. 171 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,360 Call it. 172 00:25:00,940 --> 00:25:03,620 Call is a game. In games, somebody wins, somebody loses. 173 00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:05,220 It's got nothing to do with love. 174 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:08,340 Call it. 175 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,620 In love, you give, you take, you share, whatever it takes. 176 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Call it. 177 00:25:20,140 --> 00:25:21,660 What about this wrong way? 178 00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:24,260 Call it. 179 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,280 Tales. 180 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:34,360 My break. 181 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:09,300 Side pocket. 182 00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:18,180 What a mistake. 183 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,200 My soul. 184 00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:22,820 You win. 185 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,100 You got it. 186 00:26:26,980 --> 00:26:28,560 One ball. Corner pocket. 187 00:26:29,940 --> 00:26:30,940 And if I lose? 188 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,900 No more preaching. No more teaching. 189 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:41,899 That's it. 190 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,020 That's it. I'm out of here. 191 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,480 See, that is my point. 192 00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:46,740 What is your point? 193 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,680 It's okay for me to succeed as long as you're in charge of it. 194 00:26:53,180 --> 00:26:54,800 What am I in charge of, huh? 195 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:57,460 I don't even own a car. 196 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,660 I don't even have a steady girlfriend. I never have. 197 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,500 Never wanted one until I met you. 198 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,220 You coming back here and busting my balls makes me understand why. 199 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,000 Now, if you'd come in here and said, the stakes are my baggage, then I would have 200 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,000 been in in a flash. 201 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,840 You want to play, I'll play for anything you want. 202 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:24,900 Okay, great, perfect. 203 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,080 You win, you call the shots. 204 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,940 I win, out goes the baggage, out the door, the door closes on the past. 205 00:27:31,260 --> 00:27:34,680 You deal with me for who I am, day by day, as it goes down. 206 00:28:06,220 --> 00:28:07,220 Eight ball corner pocket. 207 00:28:09,580 --> 00:28:10,600 No more baggage. 208 00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:25,640 When it's love, you give, you take, you share. 209 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:28,300 Whatever it takes. 210 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,340 And for Tommy and me, I think our days of hustling are almost over. 211 00:29:17,940 --> 00:29:22,240 And what we do next is important, but not as important as the way I feel 212 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,700 inside, starting with self-respect. 213 00:29:25,900 --> 00:29:28,480 For the first time in my life, I feel like I have it all. 214 00:29:29,060 --> 00:29:30,060 Get my drift? 215 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:34,320 Seriously, Red Soos, sometimes that's the only way out.