American Crime Story

( WOMAN SINGING TRADITIONAL SONG IN ITALIAN )

Ciao.

Gianni.

Come with me.

I see you watching me work.

There is no need to hide.

Let me see.

Mm.

I wanted to be a doctor when I was your age.

My father told me,

"That's no job for a woman."

So I became a dressmaker.

At the same time, I vowed I would never tell my children

what job they should do.

You must do what you love, Gianni.

What you feel inside here.

But it takes hard work and practice.

You must learn how to sew, how to understand the fabrics.

I'll teach you, if you want.

Repeat after me.

- Amo. Amo.

- Amas. - Amas.

- Amat. - Amat.

- Amamus. - Amamus.

- Amatis. - Amatis.

What are you? A pervert?

Not a pervert, miss, a pansy.

Again.

- Amo. Amo.

- Amas. - Amas.

- Amamus. - Amamus.

- Amatis. - Amatis.

- Amant. - Amant.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Now tell me the truth. I've no time for lies.

The teacher said I was a pervert.

It's beautiful.

We make it for real.

Yes?

I can't. It's too hard.

Success only comes with hard work.

Many hours, many weeks, many years.

And it's never easy.

But that's all right.

That's why it's special.

Try again.

All right, let's go.

Huh, what did I say?

We don't need professional movers. We do it ourselves.

Save ourselves 500 bucks.

Give me a week, I can take that 500 and turn it into 10,000.

Good exercise, too.

Make ourselves stronger.

Where's Andrew?

Andrew! Andrew!

Andrew!

Say good-bye.

This is not for you.

Andrew. Let's go.

: Andrew. Come here.

Where's your father?

With Prince Andrew.

He's being given the tour.

Let's get the cushions.

Go on. Help your sister.

Tell me, what room is this?

It's the biggest bedroom.

It's the master bedroom.

It's your room.

You want to know why?

Sit down. I'll tell you.

Every morning when you wake up,

and every evening when you go to sleep,

I want you to remember...

that you're special.

And that when you feel special,

success will follow.

Of course, I'm gonna need this closet.

For all my suits.

Otherwise, the room is yours.

Modesto Cunanan.

Please, everyone calls me Pete.

Frankly, uh, we don't call in to interview

many candidates like you, at least not to be stockbrokers.

- Like me? - Uh, night-schooled.

You've really pulled yourself up by the bootstraps, haven't you?

- Yes, sir. Andrew Cunanan?

Right this way.

Gentlemen, I'm aware that you have a long line

of eager Ivy League educated young men

queuing up to be brokers at Merrill Lynch,

but ask yourself,

how many of them started from nothing?

Can you tell me why you want to come to Bishop's?

Because it's the best school in California

and one of the best schools in America.

- Who told you that? - My father.

Mr. Cunanan, can we talk a little more about business

and a little less about your biography?

But biography is business.

My life is a tale told in dollars.

I was born in Baliuag village, the Philippines,

in a house any of you gentlemen can buy

with the money in your wallets.

I served in the U.S. Navy for $97 a month,

not for the money,

but for the opportunity to live and work

in the United States of America,

the greatest country in the world.

- We thank you for your service. - Yes, thank you.

No, sir. I thank this country. I thank it every day.

Because after I arrived, not far from the Navy docks,

I bought my first home. $12,000, it cost me.

A few years later,

I moved my family to an $80,000 home.

Now, is that biography or business?

Because I will tell your investors

that's what I plan to do with their money.

I will cross oceans with it. I will take it to new lands.

I'm talking about growth they can't imagine.

If you could have one wish, what would it be?

A house overlooking the ocean,

two Mercedes,

four beautiful children, three beautiful dogs,

and a good relationship with God.

Is that one wish or five?

- Did I make a mistake? - No, not at all.

I'll ask it again.

Andrew, if you could have one wish,

just one wish,

what would it be?

To be special.

- ( DOOR OPENS ) And then you must say...

Oh, I'm so proud of you.

Dad?

I didn't get the job.

They told you already?

They called. It's a no.

I'm so sorry.

Only joking. I got the job.

I'm in.

At Merrill Lynch. ( LAUGHS )

- ( MARY ANNE LAUGHS ) - The godfather of corporate America,

and they want me!

They want me!

$60,000 starting salary, and the sky's the limit.

Tonight, we eat like kings.

- ( MARY ANNE GASPS ) - From now on, every night, we eat like kings.

Oh! ( LAUGHS )

- What's going on? - Your father got the job!

You didn't think I got it, though, did you?

Only because you said so.

As a joke.

Except you believed it.

Quick to believe the worst?

Modesto, I'm so happy.

Andrew knew.

He knew I got the job, even before I said so.

Maybe we should check your medication again,

see if your thoughts are confused.

Don't want you going back into the hospital.

Modesto.

M...

Let's celebrate! Hmm?

Like kings.

Just like you said.

Move up. ( SIGHS )

Ah.

Here. Where were we?

"The Art of Conversation."

Do we have to read the whole book?

What is this, mutiny at bedtime?

Yes, my son, who I love more than I love my own life,

we have to read the whole book,

from "The Etiquette of Calling Cards" to "Men's Apparel"

to "Creating the Perfect Buffet Menu."

You need to know it all.

It's not enough to be smart.

You need to fit in.

Where were we?

"There are two kinds of polite and real."

What happens if I don't get accepted into Bishop's School?