My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
ABEL FERRARAI come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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I’m about my characters.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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My life is proof that I don’t need you to do what I do. If there’s no one to see it, I’ll watch it.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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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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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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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