That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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.’
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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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There are a lot of other things that are important, you know. You know what they say. Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Then there’s that thing, maybe it’s not true. Who knows? Are you going to believe it? Are you going to buy it?
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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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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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Mulberry 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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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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