6 Best Paul Monologues – Opening Monologue

Six Degrees of Separation (Paul)

Category: Movie Role: Paul From: Six Degrees of Separation

The aura about this book of Salinger’s which perhaps should be read by everyone but young men is this. It mirrors like a fun house mirror and amplifies like a distorted speaker one of the great tragedies our time: the death of the imagination, because what else is paralysis? The imagination has been so debased that imagination, being imaginative rather than being the lynch pin of our existence now stands for a synonym for something outside ourselves. Like science fiction or some new use for tangerine slices on raw pork chops. What an imaginative summer recipe. And Star Wars, so imaginative. And Star Trek, so imaginative. And Lord of the Rings, all those dwarves, so imaginative. The imagination has moved out of the realm of being our link, I mean our most personal link with our inner lives. The world outside that world, this world we share. What is schizophrenia but a horrifying state where what’s in here doesn’t match up with what’s out there. Why has imagination become a synonym for style? I believe the imagination is the passport that we create to help take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is merely another phrase for what is most uniquely us. Jung says, “The greatest sin is to be unconscious.” Holden says, “What scares me most is the other guy’s face. It wouldn’t be so bad if you both could be blindfolded.” Most of the time the faces that we face are not the other guy’s but our own faces. And it is the worst kind of yellowness to be so scared of yourself that you would put blindfolds on rather than deal with yourself. To face ourselves, that’s the hard thing. The imagination, that’s God’s gift. To make the act of self examination, bearable.

Last Tango in Paris (Paul)

Category: Movie Role: Paul From: Last Tango in Paris

You look ridiculous in that make-up. Like the caricature of a whore. A little touch of mommy in the night. Fake Ophelia drowned in the bathtub. I wish you could see yourself. You’d really laugh. You’re your mother’s masterpiece. Christ. There are too many fucking flowers in this place. I can’t breathe. You know on the top of the closet? The cardboard box, I found all your, I found all your little goodies. Pens, key chains, foreign money, French ticklers, the whole shot. Even a clergyman’s collar. I didn’t know you collected all those little knick-knacks left behind. Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he’s never going to be able to discover his wife’s real nature. I mean, I, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but I’ll never discover the truth about you. Never. I mean, who the hell were you? Remember that day, the first day I was there? I knew that I couldn’t get into your pants unless I said, what did I say? Oh, yeah. “May I have my bill, please? I have to leave.” Remember? Last night, I ripped off the lights on your mother.

Election

Category: Movie Role: Paul From: Election

PAUL: Dear God, thank You for all your blessings. You have given me so many things, like good health, nice parents, a nice truck, and what I”ve been told is a large penis, and I”m very grateful. But I sure am worried about Tammy. In my heart I still can”t believe she tore down my posters, but sometimes she does get so weird and angry. Please help her be a happier person, because she”s so smart and sensitive, and I love her. Also, I”m nervous about the election tomorrow, and I guess I want to win and all, but I know that”s totally up to You. You”ll decide who the best person is, and I”ll accept it. And forgive my sins, whatever they may be. Amen.More Monologues from “Election”RelatedShareTweetPin

All the Real Girls (Paul)

Category: Movie Role: Paul From: All the Real Girls

Do you wanna know a secret that I didn’t tell anybody ever? Well when I was walkin’ the dog I had before Duane. I had this dog named Mr. T because when he was a puppy … his hair was stickin’ up like in a Mohawk. And you know how ducks fly home in a V? It’s like a V-shape when they get home? And I was walkin’ my dog and I looked up and there’s this big V above me, there’s all these ducks flying back to their home. And right when they flew above me, I saw ’em and they crashed into a big house. The whole V! And they hit the ground, and they just kinda curled up. You ever fucking see that? Have you ever seen a mistake in nature? Have you ever seen an animal make a mistake?

A Chorus Line (Paul)

Category: Musical Role: Paul From: A Chorus Line

PAUL: Well, we were doing this oriental number and I looked like Cyd Charisse. Oh, oh, Anna May Wong, Anna May Wong. I had these two great big chrysanthemums on either side my head and a huge headdress with gold balls hanging all over it. I was going on for the finale and going down the stairs and who should I see standing by the stage door … my parents. They got there too early. I freaked. I didn”t know what to do. I thought to myself : “I know, I”ll just walk quickly past them like all the others and they”ll never recognize me.”So I took a deep breath and started down the stairs and just as I passed my mother I heard her say : “Oh, my God.” Well… I died. But what could I do? I had to go on for the finale so I just kept going. After the show I went back to my dressing room and after I”d finished dressing and taking my makeup off, I went back down stairs. And there they were, standing in the middle of all these … And all they said to me was “Please write, make sure you eat and take care of yourself.” And just before my parents left, my father turned to the producer and said, “Take care of my son.” That was the first time he ever called me that… I… ah… I… ah…. (breaks down)RelatedShareTweetPin

So I took a deep breath and started down the stairs and just as I passed my mother I heard her say : “Oh, my God.” Well… I died. But what could I do? I had to go on for the finale so I just kept going. After the show I went back to my dressing room and after I”d finished dressing and taking my makeup off, I went back down stairs. And there they were, standing in the middle of all these … And all they said to me was “Please write, make sure you eat and take care of yourself.” And just before my parents left, my father turned to the producer and said, “Take care of my son.” That was the first time he ever called me that… I… ah… I… ah…. (breaks down)RelatedShareTweetPin

500 Days of Summer (Paul)

Category: Movie Role: Paul From: 500 Days of Summer

PAUL: You son of a bitch. The same girl you”d been obsessing over for weeks now? The same girl you said was way out of your league and you wouldn”t have a chance with. That girl? Did you bang her? Blow job? Hand job? Come on, level with me. As your best friend, who tolerated all this talk… Summer this, Summer that, Summer Summer Summer, I mean you were practically stalking her…Suddenly, the sound of a toilet flushing is heard. From the bathroom emerges Summer, dressed to go out.Oh. Summer, wow that an unusual name. Tom, how come you”ve never mentioned you knew such a lovely little lady? (off Tom”s nasty look) Or perhaps you have and I”ve just forgot. I mean, with all the women in Tom”s life it”s hard to keep track… (not helping) Ok, well, I was just… I”m Paul. (not sure what else to say) I”m a doctor. Anyway, I”m leaving now. Pretend I was never here.More Monologues from “500 Days of Summer”RelatedShareTweetPin

Suddenly, the sound of a toilet flushing is heard. From the bathroom emerges Summer, dressed to go out.Oh. Summer, wow that an unusual name. Tom, how come you”ve never mentioned you knew such a lovely little lady? (off Tom”s nasty look) Or perhaps you have and I”ve just forgot. I mean, with all the women in Tom”s life it”s hard to keep track… (not helping) Ok, well, I was just… I”m Paul. (not sure what else to say) I”m a doctor. Anyway, I”m leaving now. Pretend I was never here.More Monologues from “500 Days of Summer”RelatedShareTweetPin

Oh. Summer, wow that an unusual name. Tom, how come you”ve never mentioned you knew such a lovely little lady? (off Tom”s nasty look) Or perhaps you have and I”ve just forgot. I mean, with all the women in Tom”s life it”s hard to keep track… (not helping) Ok, well, I was just… I”m Paul. (not sure what else to say) I”m a doctor. Anyway, I”m leaving now. Pretend I was never here.More Monologues from “500 Days of Summer”RelatedShareTweetPin