Basquiat (1996)

Benicio Del Toro: Benny Dalmau

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• Basquiat : Hey Bennie, man, how long you think it takes to get famous?

  Benny Dalmau : For a musician or a painter?

  Basquiat : Whatever, famous.

  Benny Dalmau : Four years. Six to get rich. First you're gonna have to dress right, you know. Then you're gonna have to hang out with famous people, you know. Make friends with the right blonde people. Go to the right parties, yeah? Social life. Then you gotta do your work all the time, and you're not doing that. But I'm talking about the same kind of work, the same style, so people recognize you and don't get confused, you know? Then once you're famous, airborn, you know, you gotta KEEP doing it in the same way even after it's boring, unless you want people to get mad at you. Which they will anyway.

• Benny Dalmau : What would you do if I kissed ya?

  Gina Cardinale : You're out of your mind Benny. You should take more drugs.

• Basquiat : How long does it take to get famous?

  Benny Dalmau : Four years. Six to get rich.

• Benny Dalmau : Boom, for real.

• Basquiat : Whoa! Warhol!

  Benny Dalmau : That's Andy Warhol...

  [pause] 

  Benny Dalmau : He's a fuckin' homo.

• Benny Dalmau : Famous people are usually pretty fuckin' stupid. You're too smart. You don't want to end up