What is this quote from??

AbsoluteZero

This is driving me nuts... what is this quote from? I've been googling for like an hour now.

"'And how do you see yourself in 50 years' time?'
'Dead, probably, the way I'm going on.'
'And what is your aim in life?'
'Apart from being rich and famous...I wouldn't mind that actually. Or winning the National Lottery jackpot. I wouldn't mind being a vampire.'
'A vampire?'"

Daemonion

I tried several IMDB quote searches and didn't come up with anything

AbsoluteZero

Googling it brings up a couple people quoting it in forums and such, but never citing it. It's infuriating!

Gigaton

For some reason I think it might be from "A million little pieces" by James Frey. Don't ask how I know, I just have an incredible memory for the useless.

AbsoluteZero

Gigaton wrote: »

For some reason I think it might be from "A million little pieces" by James Frey. Don't ask how I know, I just have an incredible memory for the useless.

My searching hasn't found anything connecting the quote to that... but I'm still looking.

Staxeon

I'm getting the same search results, just forum references.

Was this a movie? TV? Printed in a book or comic?

AbsoluteZero

I wish I knew.

Belruel

i did the same things as you guys, and i am really curious now

Aurin

It's... driving me insane! I swear I've heard that somewhere before. >.<

Daemonion

I can't fucking find this. This is nuts.

Aurin

The only place I've found a partial quote is the Gamespot forums... and jeebus I'm not making an account there. I'll sit here and go insane with google first. >.<

Speakeasy

The Up Series comes to mind. One clue is that the National Lottery is UK.

Daemonion

I will have this by the end of the day.

AbsoluteZero

Aurin wrote: »

The only place I've found a partial quote is the Gamespot forums... and jeebus I'm not making an account there. I'll sit here and go insane with google first. >.<

I got in contact with him and.... he didn't know where it was from.

Kyanilis

Interview with the Vampire

This should be easy. Or at least that's what I found.

AbsoluteZero

Good God is that what it is??

TychoCelchuuu

Not a very good book.

Aurin

Kyanilis wrote: »

Interview with the Vampire

This should be easy. Or at least that's what I found.

That would make sense since I've read all those books... now I gotta find out where. >.>

Sentry

Kyanilis wrote: »

Interview with the Vampire

This should be easy. Or at least that's what I found.

I'm sorry.. I've read that book 20 times and that quote rings no bells. And it shouldn't, considering the bulk of the took takes place between the 1700's and 1800's. Unless you can quote a page number, I call shenanigans.

Edit: In fact, considering Interview With the Vampire was published in 1976, and the National Lottery wasn't started until 1997, I actually feel very comfortable calling bullshit on this.

AbsoluteZero

Wasn't it a movie, though?

Aurin

Searching the scripts online shows nothing for either Anne Rice movie, it's frustrating because I'm sure I've seen or heard that quote before now.

Edit: And I've never seen those movies either, just read the books. A quick flip through gave me no clues either, I couldn't think of a character that would fit.

Kyanilis

Sentry wrote: »

Kyanilis wrote: »

Interview with the Vampire

This should be easy. Or at least that's what I found.

I'm sorry.. I've read that book 20 times and that quote rings no bells. And it shouldn't, considering the bulk of the took takes place between the 1700's and 1800's. Unless you can quote a page number, I call shenanigans.

Edit: In fact, considering Interview With the Vampire was published in 1976, and the National Lottery wasn't started until 1997, I actually feel very comfortable calling bullshit on this.

Yeah after further research you must be right. It was just a quick google search that turned up that answer, so now I'm not so sure.

MrDelish

Sentry wrote: »

Kyanilis wrote: »

Interview with the Vampire

This should be easy. Or at least that's what I found.

I'm sorry.. I've read that book 20 times and that quote rings no bells. And it shouldn't, considering the bulk of the took takes place between the 1700's and 1800's. Unless you can quote a page number, I call shenanigans.

Edit: In fact, considering Interview With the Vampire was published in 1976, and the National Lottery wasn't started until 1997, I actually feel very comfortable calling bullshit on this.

Yahoo answers says it's in the movie?

edit: I don't see it in the imdb for the movie, though

Sentry

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Wasn't it a movie, though?

It was, but that doesn't change much... the only character it could be in reference to (i.e. the only character not to be a vampire prior to the 1800's) was the reporter, played by Christian Slater. He wouldn't have said those lines regardless.

And again, Interview the movie came out in 1994, and the National Lottery was again established in 1997.

Aurin

Could the quote be referencing this one though?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lottery_(Ireland)

Sentry

Aurin wrote: »

Could the quote be referencing this one though?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lottery_(Ireland)

sure... just find a single Irish character in Interview with the Vampire.

I'm not claiming to be an expert, I'm just saying, the quote is not from the book, or the movie.

Aurin

Yeah, I was just trying to find another angle to search out references. Bleh this quote is annoying in its familiarity.

AbsoluteZero

This is going to make my hair fall out.

Smasher

I'm starting to suspect somebody just wrote it on the internet, and people kept quoting it assuming it was from something.

AbsoluteZero

So do we give up?

Gafoto

99% sure it's not in Interview with the Vampire.

Daemonion

My friend just watched that movie and he said it isn't from it.

E.Coyote

That's not from shaun of the dead is it?

locopostal

nah, I dug up a script for shaun of the dead, no mention of vampires at all..:S

Local H Jay

is it possible it has something to do with radiohead?

Hewn

Local H Jay wrote:

is it possible it has something to do with radiohead?

Here's your presumed reference:

http://www.fotolog.com/kikewave88/14858322
11/7/06
The irony of Radiohead: "And how do you see yourself in 50 years' time? "Dead, Probably, the way I'm going on." "And what is the aim of your life?" "Apart from Being rich and famous ... That I would not mind winning the National Lottery actually.Or jackpot.I would not Mind Being a vampire. " "A vampire?"

They've done hundreds of interviews. If this is from 2006 or before, it would be tricky to track down if it wasn't a major publication or TV appearance.

Furthermore, several references to Radiohead pop up when you search for "And how do you see yourself in 50 years' time?"

Like here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101226033956AAwCEkv
Airbag is a Radiohead song I'm familiar with.
And here: http://www.okcupid.com/profile/jigsawfalling/journal/16824193140000084908/
The guy's name, Jigsaw, is another Radiohead title.

It looks like that part which keeps popping up is pulled from a Radiohead CD cover...
http://eek19.tripod.com/thoughts.html
All thoughts are taken from Radiohead CD covers, sleeves, lyrics, and official sites. They are all by Radiohead and Stanley Donwood, enjoy.

Conclusion?

Maybe tied to an interview. Perhaps from another country, the original quote found there is on a website that cites a lot from Spain.