Wit & Attitude Quote by Campbell Scott

New Mexico gets framed here less as a state than as a psychological weather system: beautiful, intoxicating, and a little unlivable. Campbell Scott’s phrasing does the work of a travel brochure and its antidote at the same time. He opens with the credential of repetition - “many times” - to establish affection as earned, not tourist-infatuation. Then he swerves into a bundle of adjectives that don’t quite belong together: “exotic” and “interesting” are expected, but “severely crazy” is the tell. “Severely” gives “crazy” a hard edge, suggesting not quirky bohemia but a landscape and culture that can feel relentless, even confrontational.

The subtext is the familiar paradox of places with strong identities: they’re magnetic precisely because they don’t smooth themselves out for you. New Mexico’s mythos in American culture - high desert light, spiritual seekers, art colonies, Indigenous and Hispano histories, UFO kitsch, Santa Fe money, Albuquerque grit - can feel like multiple realities stacked in one frame. Scott, as an actor, responds to “environment” the way a performer responds to a scene partner: it pushes back. “Intense” implies stimulation but also fatigue; the place demands attention, and attention is a resource.

“I don’t know if I could live there all year” isn’t a knock so much as an admission that certain geographies are better as periodic immersion than permanent residence. He’s naming the difference between consuming a vibe and being shaped by it. The line lands because it resists easy reverence: love, with boundaries, feels more honest than awe.