Wayne Gale quotes from Natural Born Killers (1994)

But I came to the direction I need a gun. So, the next day I started off early for work, and I'm gonna stop by a gun shop and pick up a little home protection. I walked into the place and had never seen so many guns in all my life. So, I'm looking around, then this really nice sales guy comes up to me. His name was Warren. I'll never forget his name. He was really nice. Anyway, Warren showed me all these different models of guns. Magnums, automatics, pistols, Walters. And I ask to see a shotgun. He brings me a Mossberg pump action shotgun. As soon as I held that baby in my hands, I knew what I was gonna do. It felt so good. It felt like it was a part of me. They had a mirror in the store. I looked at myself holding it, and looked so **** good, I immediately bought it. Bought a bunch of boxes of ammo. Turned my car around, drove to Mallory's house, we took care of Mallory's parents, packed up the car, and we were off. Everybody thought I'd gone crazy. The cops, my mom, everybody. But you see, they all missed the point of the story. I wasn't crazy. But when I was holding the shotgun, it all became clear. I realized for the first time my one true calling in life.

Wayne Gale

What's that?

I'm a natural born killer.

Wayne Gale

So tell me. How can you look at an ordinary person, an innocent guy with kids, and then shoot him to death? I mean, how can you bring yourself to do that?

Innocent? Who-who's innocent, Wayne? Are you innocent?

Wayne Gale

I'm innocent? Yes, I am. Of murder? Definitely.

It's just murder. All God's creatures do it. You look in the forests and you see species killing other species, our species killing all species including the forests, and we just call it industry, not murder. But I know a lot of people who deserve to die.

Wayne Gale

Why do they deserve to die?

I believe they got something in their past, some sin, some awful secret thing. A lot of people walking around out there already dead. They just need to be put out of their misery. That's where I come in. Fate's messenger.

Wayne Gale

You just said an instant of purity was preferable to a lifetime of lies. I don't understand. What's so pure about forty-eight dead bodies?

You'll never understand. Me and you, Wayne, we're not even the same species. I used to be you … then I evolved. From where you're standing, you're a man. From where I'm standing, you're an ape. I'm here … I'm right here … and you … you're somewhere else, man. You say, why? I say, why bother?

Wayne Gale

I have a television show, and every couple of weeks we do, you know, as part of our thing on current America we do a-a profile on a different serial killer.

Technically mass murderer.

Wayne Gale

Whatever you want. Anyway, the episode we did on Mickey and Mallory was one of the most popular.

Ever did one on John Wayne Gacy?

Wayne Gale

Eh... Yeah. Yeah.

Who got the higher rating?

Wayne Gale

You blew him away.

What about that crazy mother****er, Ted Bundy?

Wayne Gale

Oh, that crazy guy? No, you- you got the larger Nielsen share. You're big. Yes, yes.

Good.

Wayne Gale

Yes. What I want to get...

What about Manson?

Wayne Gale

Manson beat you.

It's pretty hard to beat the king.

Wayne Gale

We are talking about nothing less than television history. The first sit-down interview with the most charismatic serial killer ever. This is Wallace and Noriega. This is Elton John confessing his bisexuality to Rolling Stone. This is the **** Nixon-Frost interviews. Time's running out, mate. What's the answer?

I say go for it.

Wayne Gale

So tell me Mickey? Any regrets? I mean, three weeks, fifty people killed... not too cool Mickey.

Fifty-two, but I don't a lot of time with regret. That's a wasted emotion.

Wayne Gale

Seriously you must have some regret. Rack your brain.

Well, I wish that Indian hadn't got killed.

Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!

Wayne Gale

One of your last victims.

Man had a rattlesnake in the corner...

This is not about you, you egomaniac. I kinda like you. But if we let you go, we'd be just like everybody else. Killing you and what you represent is a statement.

Wayne Gale

I thought a bond developed between us!

No. Not really. You're scum, Wayne; you did it for ratings. You don't give a shit about us or anybody else except yourself; that's why nobody gives a shit about you. That's why "helicopters" were not "deployed".

Wayne Gale

Wait! Don't Mickey and Mallory always leave one person alive to tell the tale?

We are...

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