Absence of Malice1981

Megan Carter:
Would you tell me the truth, Michael? I'd just please like to know the truth.

Michael Gallagher:
Tell you or the whole world?

Megan Carter:
The truth is the truth.

Michael Gallagher:
No. You wanna know the truth? Ask me as a person, I'll tell you. Ask me as a reporter, I got no comment.

Megan Carter:
That's not fair.

Michael Gallagher:
Not fair to whom? Wait a minute! You don't write the truth. You write what people say. What you overhear, you eavesdrop. You don't come across truth that easy. Maybe it's just what you think, what you feel. I don't need your goddamn newspaper to decide what they're gonna do with me. Or who I am.

Megan Carter:
Then you tell me: Who are you?

Michael Gallagher:
You mean you're not sure yet?

Megan Carter:
No.

Michael Gallagher:
Well... I guess you'll just have to decide for yourself. Who I am and what you are.