Analyze This Duologues & Audition Scenes

A powerful mob boss, Paul Vitti, barges into a psychiatrist's office to discuss his 'friend's' panic attacks. The scene explores the high-stakes tension between Vitti's menacing persona and Dr. Ben Sobel's clinical attempts to treat him.

Ben, a mild-mannered psychiatrist, is forced to impersonate a high-ranking mob consigliere at a summit of dangerous crime bosses. To survive the interrogation of a hostile rival, Ben utilizes his therapeutic techniques to manipulate the room and deflect aggression, ultimately turning the other gangsters against their own leader's temper.

A psychiatrist, Ben, rushes home to get ready for a family party while arguing with his cynical 14-year-old son, Michael. The conversation shifts from Ben's patients to Ben's frustrations with his ex-wife's opinions on his dating life.

Ben, a neurotic psychologist, accidentally rear-ends a car containing mobsters who are hiding a kidnapped man in their trunk. The tension escalates as Ben tries to be a responsible citizen while the mobsters desperately try to get him to leave.

A mob enforcer named Jelly interrupts a therapy session to clear the room for his boss, Paul Vitti, who is seeking psychiatric help in secret.