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Vincent Gallo Biography

Film actor

Vincent Gallo is an American actor known for his work in independent films. Born on April 11, 1961, he has been active in the film industry since the 1980s.

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“I don't trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere.”

People Love Creeps Creepy Don't Trust

Author:Vincent Gallo

“I never apologized for anything in my life. The only thing I'm sorry about is putting a curse on Roger Ebert's colon. If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn't like my movie, then I'm sorry for him.”

Ifs Sorry Fats Curse Apology Pigs Apologizing I'm Sorry Roger Sorry For Him

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“My parents were dishonest people. If it was my birthday, I knew my mother took me to the K-Mart and she stole my toy. She'd put it in the shopping cart and we'd walk out. I was raised with that.”

People Ifs Mother Parent Walks Raised Birthday Shopping Toys My Birthday Carts Honest People Shopping Carts

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“I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings. And I did it out of spite.”

People Beautiful Painting Deny Spite Beautiful Paintings

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“I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming already. The brutal pain, when one day I should read your edit of whatever I say, because no matter what I say, no matter how I say it, no matter its tone, its frequency range, its decibel level or the way in which I put the words together, no matter my intentions and no matter the truth. What I'll read one day will be a chastised, manipulated abortion of your misunderstandings, your manipulations, your agenda and your amateur use of the English language.”

“Ive never been a popular person, but it doesnt matter. I have everything in my life that I want. Im not a walking publicity stunt. Im not an anarchist, or bitter. Im not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, and I feel comfortable that way.”

Way Want Feels Trying Persons Matter Walking Comfortable Bitter Agents Publicity Anarchist Subversive Publicists

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“I'm the happiest the saddest guy in the world can be.”

World Guy Saddest

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“I want to thank Gus Van Sant for selling out so that I could use his editor Curtis Clayton, who did a great job.”

Want Use Jobs Selling Editors Vans Great Job Selling Out Gus

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“Im sorry Im not gay or Jewish, so I dont have a special interest group of journalists that support me.”

Interest Support Groups Special Gay Sorry Journalist I'm Sorry Special Interests Support Me Interest Groups Special Interest Groups

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“I don't drink any coffee or take any drugs and I don't smoke cigarettes and I don't eat sugar and I don't take any medicine at all. I eat a lot of fish, vegetables, and I stay away from starches.”

Drink Drug Medicine Fishes Coffee Smoke Vegetables Sugar Cigarette

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“I drive out to this quail farm, where I get a lot of these incredible quail eggs, which I eat all day long. And I eat a lot of superfoods like goji, cacao and chia seeds, things like that. And I like unpasteurised milk of the goat and the sheep. They send it once a week from Pennsylvania, from the Amish farms, and I get it in Los Angeles.”

Long Week Incredibles Seeds Eggs Los Angeles Farms Milk Sheep Goats Pennsylvania Amish Quails Cacao Superfoods

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“I am available to all women - all women who can afford me, that is.”

Available

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“I'm sort of like a maniac, and I can't get out of it.”

I Can Maniacs

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“I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.”

Feels Trying Ideas Done Process Enjoy Lonely Painful Satisfaction Brilliant Feel Good Sensibility Brilliant Ideas I Feel Good

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“I do not want my new works to be generated in a market or audience of any kind.”

Want Kind Audience New Work

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“I heard my mother talking badly of me to people who were talking badly of me in her salon. That's probably the thing that I'm most sensitive of in all my friendships and my relationships. I just... I just can't take that. I'm comfortable with enemies, but I can't take it from friends.”

People I Can Mother Talking Enemy Heard Comfortable Sensitive My Friendship Salons

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“I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.”

Want Ideas Whole Wanted Actors Stars Ambitious Movie Star

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“I would be delighted to show my film in the Viennale. I do not offer press kits. I do not offer stills. I do not offer screeners. I do not offer DVD's. I do not offer posters. I require a first-class flight to bring the print however I do not offer any photo ops or press exchange in any way. My fee for showing my film is $35,000 dollars US.”

Way Firsts Stills Shows Would Be Film Class Offers Presses Dollars Flight Print Delighted Posters Fees Dvds First Class

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“I'm so in love with the United States. Not as a patriot. I'm in love with America like it's my first girlfriend. The geography, the people, the smell, the touch, the taste, the gas stations. I'm madly in love with America.”

People Firsts States America United United States Taste Smell Girlfriend Gas Stations Patriot Geography Gas Stations Madly In Love

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“If I gain support, the support doesn't seem to mean anything. It's not like anyone really cares about me.”

Ifs Mean Seems Care Support Gains

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“My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub.”

Wells Book Feelings Home Mother Father Parent Interest Records Taste Indifference Filling Bad Taste Emblems Bathtubs Stingy Filling Up

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About the Author

Born: April 11, 1961
Known for: Film actor
Quotes: 21

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