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.
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.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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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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The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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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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And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
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I’m living in a real postmodern time – every single thing sings to you to tell you it’s started, it’s stopped, you’ve got a message, you didn’t get a message.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I don’t want to live anywhere where I’m breathing two million cars’ fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.
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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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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Which filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
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I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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