I was raised a Catholic and when you’re raised a Catholic they don’t teach you to think for yourself. You’re taught not to think too deeply about things.
ABEL FERRARAI was raised a Catholic and when you’re raised a Catholic they don’t teach you to think for yourself. You’re taught not to think too deeply about things.
ABEL FERRARAAnd get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
ABEL FERRARAEven if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
ABEL FERRARAHow you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
ABEL FERRARAMy existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
ABEL FERRARAHe came to New York when he was 20. He lived in the States from age 20 to 96, but he brought his culture with him
ABEL FERRARAAlthough 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.
ABEL FERRARAI don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
ABEL FERRARAMost filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
ABEL FERRARANo one can stop me from talking about my movie.
ABEL FERRARAMy grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
ABEL FERRARAMovies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
ABEL FERRARALife is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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.
ABEL FERRARAMy job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
ABEL FERRARAThe world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
ABEL FERRARA