1. Hello? (An Introduction)
Hi. Welcome to the FAQ of Colin's Movie Monologue Page. Mind you, this FAQ does NOT mean that if you have a comment/question/suggestion/etc. for me, you shouldn't write. I welcome email all the time, and promise I will respond as soon as possible. The purpose of this is to clear some things up before you ask (meaning no offense).

2. What? Why? When? How?
This site was born on November 12, 1996 with the first entry, a prototype using a monologue from "The Breakfast Club." Actually, interestingly enough, the inspiration for the site came from "The Fisher King" monologue which I was going to put on my site by itself until the idea of an archive hit me. Upon adding a few more monologues, I asked Yahoo! to put it up in their directory, and it was surprisingly quite popular. Upon its creation, I hadn't thought about it being used as a resource for auditions/classes, etc. (I thought it just as an interesting and entertaining archive), but it seems that it is useful in that regard. At the time that I write this, it is almost five years old.

3. Do you have the script to [fill-in-movie-title-here]?
No. Although I am listed under the Screenplays hierarchy of Yahoo!, I don't archive entire scripts on my site. If there's any confusion, I placed my site there because there was really no other good place to put it.

4. Do you know where I can find the script to [fill-in-movie-title- here] online?
Maybe. The best screenplay archives on the web are definitely, without-a-doubt, Drew's Scripts-O-Rama at http://www.script-o-rama.com AND Joblo's Screenplays at http://www.joblo.com/moviescripts.htm. If they don't have it on their sites, it's not on the web. But you may want to check your local bookstore or Amazon.com as well; more and more screenplays these days are coming out in book form (e.g, American Beauty, Clerks, Chasing Amy, People vs. Larry Flynt, The Shawshank Redemption, Men In Black, Fargo, Sling Blade, The Fisher King, Good Will Hunting, etc.). Look up the word "screenplay" at Amazon.Com for these titles and others. Also, there is a site at http://www.scriptshack.com that sells all imaginable film screenplays for decent prices...but keep in mind that these are screenplays and they may have blatant differences to what made it to the final product that you see on film.

5.More female monologues?
I am not sexist. Hollywood, however, is. I don't concentrate on one gender more than another, and I do try to find female monologues whenever I can. But the unfortunate truth is that monologues in movies aren't as frequent for women than they are for men. More dramatic speeches are given to men in the movies than women; it's sad but true. Add that to the sexist practices of Hollywood that unfortunately continue. If you have any suggestions for me, I'd be more than glad to hear them and even more glad to put them on my page if you choose to donate. My two cents here: I would like to encourage visitors to utilize monologues that are non-gender specific. For example, Brad Pitt in "Twelve Monkeys" -- there's nothing particularly *male* about his insane ranting. Jeffery Goines could just as well be Julie Goines. Just my opinion.

6. Longer monologues?
It has come to my attention that often my monologues aren't long enough for peoples auditions/speech tournaments/classes, etc. Because I love my Movie Monologue page so much, I also enjoy updating it, to keep people coming back. Therefore, I find monologues wherever I can, and often, a lot of them are shorter than what would be good for the persons audition (or so I imagine). For example: in the monologue from "Contact" where Jodie Foster speaks to Congress about her mission. On screen, it's moving, dramatic, well-acted, and brilliantly written. On the web, it looks really short--without the context of the whole film around it. Hollywood expects that we (the audience) have very short attention-spans and thus won't put up with long dramatic speeches, "slowing down" the movie. And this is true. Ever wonder WHY there's so many more monologues present in independent movies? ("Good Will Hunting", "Chasing Amy" are two good examples). It's a "damned if I don't, damned if I do" situation here. I ask you to understand.
Another thing: some people have noticed that some of the content on my page is EXTREMELY short or just simply a dialogue, with no monologue content to speak of. Usually I get some mean-spirited note via email or my guestbook about this. I am aware that such things are not useful in the sense of an audition (etc.). More often than not, I just really liked the scene and/or those particular words.

7. How about [this monologue]?
Usually I get a lot of really good ideas when visitors write me with suggestions. And I would love to get them up on my site as soon as possible. Except I do not do requests. If I fulfilled any and all requests, my time would be taken up entirely with transcribing. If only I had a staff. I do keep some of them in consideration for when I do have time and/or I come across the movie. (see #8)

8. How do you find monologues?
Some I transcribe myself from the movies themselves (in my free time), some I've found in books, many have been donated by very kind visitors, and some I have taken from online screenplays or the quote archive of the Internet Movie Database (a resource I highly reccommend). I update whenever I have new monologues to use (whenever I find/create them) and have the time to put them up.

9. Are there other monologue sites out there?
As I discover them, other monologue sites will be listed on my Links page. I'm definitely the only Movie Monologue site out there (as far as I know). I have seen other webpages that include movie monologues - which they've taken directly from my page (including the occasional typo). This was an original idea by me, wanting to do something that no one had ever done before. I am controlling a monopoly on movie monologues.

10. Will you include a movie monologue on your page if I send one to you?
Most likely. If I dig it. There are some which are just too silly or maybe I'm not a big fan of the film (yes, I CAN be that shallow), etc. This is a rarity however, I usually use all monologues donated. But I do reserve the right to refuse any donated monologue.

11. What about an original unpublished monologue?
This is a touchy subject. Again, let me stress: I reserve the right to refuse any donated monologue. Let me also stress (and I cannot stress this enough): there is a certain level of quality that I expect with donations,especially original monologues. I look for good grammar, proper punctuation and syntax. Above all else, originality and interesting subject matter is of the most-importance.

12. Do you have any rules regarding donations?
Yes. If you submit a monologue, please be totally sure that all the monologue is accurate. Submitting monologue taken directly from the online/offline script is usually okay, if you know that the it's the same (more-or-less) as it appears in the final film. Preferably, the donated monologue should be spell-checked, with proper capitalization, punctuation, etc., and all the names should be correct. Check the Internet Movie Database if the spelling of the names is questionable. Good formatting is a plus. Please tell me from where you got the monologue, whether it was transcribed directly from the film or from another source. And if it's not a very well-known movie, including some of the monologue's context is appreciated. Writing those blurbs are sometimes difficult. Please tell me whether or not you would like to be credited with the donation. Please do not send the monologue as an attachment; paste it directly into the mail that you send me. All very simple. These are all courtesies to stop me from growling, slightly irritated, at the computer screen. If you can't follow all of them, for the sake of your donation, please send it anyway. I really do appreciate such things. It has helped my page immensely.

13. I need a monologue for [school/audition, etc.] and it has to be [this many] minutes. Can you recommend a monologue for me?
No. I cannot. And I will tell you why. Say you're assigned a term paper on any aspect of American history, from the American Revolution to the present day. Do you go up to your teacher and ask what you should write your paper on? If no monologue websites existed whatsoever and you had to go to the library to get a monologue for a class or an audition, you wouldn't gather all the monologue-related books together in one big pile then ask the librarian what monologue you should do. In other words, I'm sorry, I make it a policy not to recommend specific monologues to my visitors. I don't think I'm qualified to be giving out advice (due to my very little experience in the realm of acting/theater). What you see on the website is what I have. My best advice is to browse what I do have and find something that suits you best. While I enjoy maintaining this page and enjoy hearing that people have visited and enjoyed and been able to use my site, it disturbs me how often people write me, wanting to be guided to something that they can use. It disturbs me even more that they might take my advice seriously. I am not here to tell you what monologue is best for you. It was never something I imagined happening when I started this page years ago. Find a monologue that suits you. And make it your own. Thank you. Go in peace.

14. Hey! Some of your monologues have more than one person speaking!! Doesn't that make it a "DIALOGUE," you idiot? What gives?
Calm down. Breathe. Please. They usually don't use those words, but that's the general idea. In some cases, I have (or the donator has) included the entire scene for the sake of context and/or allowing the person who possibly uses the monologue to edit it into a straight-through monologue themselves. In these cases, the monologue is there, you just have to put it together (in a sense) -- some assembly required. What I mean by context: let me put it this way. I include the additional text for the same reason that a still-life painter will paint the table behind the bowl of fruit. Otherwise, it's just floating in space. True, there are some which are entirely scenes rather than monologues (there is a Good Will Hunting example) - I usually try to mention in the description that this is a scene or a dialogue. Usually, it's because I really like the material and want it represented on my page. So don't write me telling me that I don't know the meaning of the word 'monologue' - do not insult the integrity of my page. I know the meaning of the word 'monologue.'

15. Hey! I found a mistake in one of your monologues! What should I do?
By all means, please send it in. Usually, it turns out to be a slight typo that occurred during the monologue's transcription. Such corrections are very much appreciated.

16. When do you update?
Provided I have enough new monologues to make it worthwhile, I update every month.

17. Hey! I have another question!
Write me, Braniac.