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.
ABEL FERRARAListen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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Certain 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.’
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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When I talk about drugs and alcohol, I’m talking about sex addiction, gambling addiction, eating addiction, throwing-up addiction. I’m not talking about mental illness.
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My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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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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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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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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So 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.
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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