How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Lost in Translation.
Quote #4
NAKA: You are a movie star, yes?
BOB: Yes, I should be doing movies, but—
NAKA: And the Lat Pack. Lat Pack. You know Lat Pack?
BOB: Rat—Rat Pack?
NAKA: Rat Pack. Yes, please.
Here's another quick and tidy example of Bob acknowledging that this isn't where he thinks he should be (and nobody cares).
Quote #5
CHARLOTTE: So what are you doing here?
BOB: Couple of things. Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son's birthday, and getting paid $2 million to endorse a whisky when I could be doing a play somewhere.
CHARLOTTE: Oh.
BOB: But the good news is, the whisky works.
Boom! Here's Bob in a nutshell: He's unhappy with his marriage, with never seeing his kids, and with being a sell-out instead of a serious actor. He buries it all beneath a silver-tongued veneer of sarcasm. To quote esteemed medical professional Dr. Phil: How's that workin' out for ya, Bob?
Sorry. We promise to never quote Dr. Phil again, buuut clearly, this whole glib, aging actor thing isn't paying spiritual dividends for Bob. The fact that he's so honest with Charlotte is a step in the right direction, though.
Quote #6
BOB: What are you doing?
CHARLOTTE: Um, my husband's a photographer, so he's here working, and I wasn't doing anything, so I came along. And we have some friends that live here.
Here we have Charlotte's motto: "I wasn't doing anything, so…" Charlotte's transitioning from the guarded bubble of university life to real-deal adulthood, and it's not going smoothly. She doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, and she doesn't appear to be in any rush to figure it out.