I’m in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song.
ABEL FERRARAI’m in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song.
ABEL FERRARAI direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
ABEL FERRARAIn the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
ABEL FERRARACertain 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.’
ABEL FERRARAРow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
ABEL FERRARAI’m about my characters.
ABEL FERRARAAs barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
ABEL FERRARASo what. What are you going to do? Jump off the Empire State Building?” It’s all still the same. The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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 FERRARAMy 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.
ABEL FERRARAEven if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
ABEL FERRARAThe actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
ABEL FERRARAI 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.
ABEL FERRARAA script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
ABEL FERRARAYou know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
ABEL FERRARAMulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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