Kick In The Pants

[Conversation: Andy Kaufman and his Grandmother]
- I think you straighten up a little bit. I think you should-I think you know, you should look at yourself in mirror sometimes and say "Look, what am I doing? Why-why am I this way?" You- you know -you need a kick in the ass once in a while, and lately you've you really need it, and I'm worry- I'm-I'm-I mean it, worry about you. Maybe it's all a goof and you're just goofing when you're acting this way. I don't know why you're doing it but it's not good, it's not healthy- it's not right. Not that I'm saying you don't have it together, I'm sure you do. You're a genius, you really are.

- I know.

- You're a genius. But-

- The reason I can say I know is because when the word 'genius' is not something that is individually, you know, that it's not anything individual necessarily, takes credit for- do you know what I mean? If a person is indeed a genius, that geniusness has been given to him as a gift. So, it's not as if it's something that I have done, that's why I have been able to say 'I know' instead of 'thank you', because if I was saying 'thank you' that would mean I would be taking credit for it. It's that I say 'I know' because I know that I got the gift, genius.

- That's very nice.

- It's very nice?

- It's very nice.

- Really?

- It is.

- See aren't I smart?