Antonio Durao

No Mom Yelling at Me in Portuguese

- Lui Elliott

I heard a rumor that you play a character named John Snow on a famous television show.

Yeah, I don’t know about that one. I get that shit a lot, though.

Does your long, flowing hair help you with the ladies?

Yes, they touch it sometimes.

How long have you been growing that lion’s mane?

Maybe a year and a half ? It’s been a minute.

If I gave you $100, would you shave it into a mullet?

Fuck no! I don’t really care too much about it but you know when you have a pen for a long time and you lose it? It’s that feeling.

What about $1,000 dollars to shave it clean off like Joe Face?

Like shaved, shaved?

Bald and shiny.

Fuck, I might have to take the grand. I’m hurting right now.

Where are you from?

I’m originally from Portugal then New York. Half and half.

Does that make you a Portuguese citizen?

Yup.

I assume you’re fluent in Portuguese then.

Yeah, I speak it at home.

After coming here from Portugal, where in New York were you living?

Patchogue, New York.

When winter is coming, do you escape the kingdom of New York to go to California?

Yeah, fuck this. It’s too cold right now.

Where are you living right now?

Right now I’m living in Coram. It’s in Long Island. It’s probably an hour and a half outside of The City.

What did you do all summer? I remember seeing you the day you moved into your apartment in Brooklyn.