Vince Vaughn
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So I was six at the oldest. But I remember thinking like, this is really some high stakes because if I don't know the answers or I mess this up, I'm going away. Like I'm leaving my parents behind. And my parents never explained. They said, everything's fine. The school wants to run some tests for how you act in class. I'm like, all right.
So I remember, maybe this pertains to what we're talking about. So I'm a fucking six-year-old answering questions as if it was the law, as if I wrote the book on it. Where does paper come from? And my point of view would be, well, we all know trees. The trees is where paper comes from, and that's what they do with that. So I wasn't just answering it.
So I remember, maybe this pertains to what we're talking about. So I'm a fucking six-year-old answering questions as if it was the law, as if I wrote the book on it. Where does paper come from? And my point of view would be, well, we all know trees. The trees is where paper comes from, and that's what they do with that. So I wasn't just answering it.
So I remember, maybe this pertains to what we're talking about. So I'm a fucking six-year-old answering questions as if it was the law, as if I wrote the book on it. Where does paper come from? And my point of view would be, well, we all know trees. The trees is where paper comes from, and that's what they do with that. So I wasn't just answering it.
I was answering it like I was fooling them that that was the right answer. And they go, is that it? Then says the trees. I go in the machines. Then they do the machines. And the guy had polio who was interviewing me. His hand was like this. Well, when I was four, I put my hand in an electric can opener. I was watching my mom. I put my finger in. I pull it down, and it's just blood everywhere.
I was answering it like I was fooling them that that was the right answer. And they go, is that it? Then says the trees. I go in the machines. Then they do the machines. And the guy had polio who was interviewing me. His hand was like this. Well, when I was four, I put my hand in an electric can opener. I was watching my mom. I put my finger in. I pull it down, and it's just blood everywhere.
I was answering it like I was fooling them that that was the right answer. And they go, is that it? Then says the trees. I go in the machines. Then they do the machines. And the guy had polio who was interviewing me. His hand was like this. Well, when I was four, I put my hand in an electric can opener. I was watching my mom. I put my finger in. I pull it down, and it's just blood everywhere.
And so I have a split in my nail on my right hand that I still have, which is just dead skin. It didn't grow back, right? Hold on a second.
And so I have a split in my nail on my right hand that I still have, which is just dead skin. It didn't grow back, right? Hold on a second.
And so I have a split in my nail on my right hand that I still have, which is just dead skin. It didn't grow back, right? Hold on a second.
Yeah, yours is hardcore. Yeah, mine's hardcore, right? So when you're young, kids will go, oh, now that's going to be a problem with me because that's not happening to me, right? So anyway, that was a gift for me as my life went on at the time. I hated it, but it really gave me a lot of empathy for that feeling of being attacked or persecuted for having something different that's not a choice.
Yeah, yours is hardcore. Yeah, mine's hardcore, right? So when you're young, kids will go, oh, now that's going to be a problem with me because that's not happening to me, right? So anyway, that was a gift for me as my life went on at the time. I hated it, but it really gave me a lot of empathy for that feeling of being attacked or persecuted for having something different that's not a choice.
Yeah, yours is hardcore. Yeah, mine's hardcore, right? So when you're young, kids will go, oh, now that's going to be a problem with me because that's not happening to me, right? So anyway, that was a gift for me as my life went on at the time. I hated it, but it really gave me a lot of empathy for that feeling of being attacked or persecuted for having something different that's not a choice.
So I remember connecting with this guy where I'm staring at his hand and I go to him, don't feel bad about your hand. I have this too. And I reached out. That's so sweet. And I showed him my finger and he looked at me.
So I remember connecting with this guy where I'm staring at his hand and I go to him, don't feel bad about your hand. I have this too. And I reached out. That's so sweet. And I showed him my finger and he looked at me.
So I remember connecting with this guy where I'm staring at his hand and I go to him, don't feel bad about your hand. I have this too. And I reached out. That's so sweet. And I showed him my finger and he looked at me.
I was like six because they were driving me from the suburbs, Buffalo Grove, to the city to see this guy. And at the time, they were just saying, like, is he hyperactive? I guess I was borderline hyperactive for whatever that meant for a six-year-old in class who was fucking living on sugar. Pop-tarts. Pop-tarts. Frosted franks for breakfast.
I was like six because they were driving me from the suburbs, Buffalo Grove, to the city to see this guy. And at the time, they were just saying, like, is he hyperactive? I guess I was borderline hyperactive for whatever that meant for a six-year-old in class who was fucking living on sugar. Pop-tarts. Pop-tarts. Frosted franks for breakfast.
I was like six because they were driving me from the suburbs, Buffalo Grove, to the city to see this guy. And at the time, they were just saying, like, is he hyperactive? I guess I was borderline hyperactive for whatever that meant for a six-year-old in class who was fucking living on sugar. Pop-tarts. Pop-tarts. Frosted franks for breakfast.
No, I was kind of tall younger and then I evened out and then I got bigger. But I just remember at that point, that was what launched it where at first they said maybe he would be good to take a Ritalin. My parents, thankfully, I think I did one and I didn't react well, but my dad and I think my mom said it too.