When you was the character.

3 seconds sound clip from the Tropic Thunder (2008) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:42:41 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- You know, there were times when I was doing Jack that I actually felt retarded, like really retarded. I mean, I brushed my teeth retarded, I rode the bus retarded.

- Damn. (2)

- In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb.

- To be a moron.

- Yeah.

- To be moronical.

- Exactly, to be a moron.

- An imbecile.

- Yeah.

- Like the dumbest motherfucker that ever lived.

- When I was playing the character.

- When you was the character.

- Yeah, I mean, as Jack, definitely.

- Jack, stupid ass Jack.

- Trying to come back from that.

- In a weird way it was almost like I had to sort of fool my mind into believing that it wasn't retarded, and by the end of the whole thing, I was like, Wait a minute, I flushed so much out, how am I gonna jumpstart it up again? It's just like...

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