With ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.
ABEL FERRARAIt’s always a problem when you’re working with people you don’t really know. Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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I grew up in the ’60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn’t that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Рow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it’s like, ‘Yes, let’s do it.’
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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.
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But I’m never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is.
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