Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there – I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it’s the way things that happen to you in life that’s unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when thing really do happen to you, it’s like watching television – you don’t feel anything.
Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
He concludes that he was indeed watching television, including when he was being shot and ever since…