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The Life of David Gale Quotes

The Life of David Gale is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . The Life of David Gale ended in 1970.

It features Alan Parker as producer, Alex Parker in charge of musical score, and Michael Seresin as head of cinematography.

The Life of David Gale is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Life of David Gale is 130 minutes long. The Life of David Gale is distributed by Universal Studios.

The cast includes: Kevin Spacey as David Gale, Gabriel Mann as Zack, Laura Linney as Constance Harraway, Kate Winslet as Bitsey Bloom, Rhona Mitra as Berlin, and Leon Rippy as Braxton Belyeu.

The Life of David Gale Quotes

Laura Linney as Constance Harraway

  • (Laura Linney) "Stop that."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "What?"
  • (Laura Linney) "Active listening, I hate active listeners. I always feel like they're to busy pretending to be listening to hear what I'm saying."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "I can listen and actively listen at the same time. I'm good at that."
  • (Laura Linney) "When you kill someone, you rob their family; not just of a loved one, but of their humanity. You harden their hearts with hate, you take away their capacity for civilized dispassion, you condemn them to bloodlust. It's a cruel and horrible thing, but indulging that hate will never help. The damage is done, and once we've had our pound of flesh, we're still hungry. We leave the death house muttering that lethal injection was just too good for them. In the end, a civilized society must live with a hard truth: he who seeks revenge digs two graves."
  • (Laura Linney) "You work so hard not to be seen as a sex object. Before long, you're not seen at all."
  • (Laura Linney) "The TA just finished transcribing all the governor's radio and TV comments. Listen to this gem: Journalist; "Governor, don't you think three executions in one week is a little excessive?" Governor; "I say let's bring them in, strap them down, and rock and roll.""
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Oh, it's good to know our governor is in touch with his inner frat boy."

Rhona Mitra as Berlin

  • (Rhona Mitra) "Did I tell you that when you were circumcised they threw away the wrong part?"
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Yes, I believe you mentioned it. It's called schmuck."
  • (Rhona Mitra) "What?"
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Part of the foreskin they throw away after circumcision, I believe it is called schmuck."
  • (Rhona Mitra) "Aren't we so f***ing clever."
  • (Rhona Mitra) "Rip them."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Huh?"
  • (Rhona Mitra) "Rip them off."
  • (Rhona Mitra) "No, from behind."
  • (Rhona Mitra) "Do it hard."

Kevin Spacey as David Gale

  • (Kevin Spacey) "Fantasies have to be unrealistic. Because the minute- the second- that you get what you want, you don't- you can't- want it anymore."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second that you get what you seek, you don't, you can't want it anymore. In order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It's not the "it" that you want, it's the fantasy of "it." So, desire supports crazy fantasies. This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness. Or why we say the hunt is sweeter than the kill. Or be careful what you wish for. Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it once you do. So the lesson of Lacan is, living by your wants will never make you happy. What it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you've attained in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice. Because in the end, the only way that we can measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "We spend our whole life trying to stop death. Eating, inventing, loving, praying, fighting, killing. But what do we really know about death? Just that nobody comes back. Then there comes a point; a moment; in life when your mind outlives its desires, its obsessions, when your habits survive your dreams, and when your losses -- Maybe death is a gift. You wonder. All I can tell you is that by this time tomorrow I'll be dead. I know when. I just cannot say why. You have 24 hours to find out."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Socrates was ugly, Plato was fat, and, um, and Aristotle was a prissy dresser."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "They wanted me to die, knowing the key to my freedom was out there somewhere."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "How do we start?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "We start with -- you telling me what I'm doing here."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "No one who looks through that glass sees a person. They see a crime. I'm not David Gale. I'm a murderer and a rapist -- four days shy of his execution."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "I fell of the wagon and hurt myself."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Fantasies must be unrealistic. The minute you get something, you don't, you can't, want it anymore. To exist, desire needs absent objects. So desire supports itself with crazy fantasies. This is what Pascal means when he says the only time we're truly happy is when day-dreaming about future happiness. Or why we say, 'The hunt is sweeter than the kill' or 'Be careful what you wish for.' Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do. Think about it next time you're at a wedding."
  • (Kevin Spacey) "Death is a gift."

Gabriel Mann as Zack

  • (Gabriel Mann) "73% of all serial killers vote Republican"

Leon Rippy as Braxton Belyeu

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Kate Winslet as Bitsey Bloom

  • (Kate Winslet) "Of course he sympathizes with murderers -- he is one."
  • (Kate Winslet) "You know you are in the bible belt when there are more churches than Starbucks."
  • (Gabriel Mann) "When there are more prisons than Starbucks."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Hate's no fun if you keep it to yourself."

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