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 FERRARAI was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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Although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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 script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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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There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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 grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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It’s always a problem when you’re working with people you don’t really know. Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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