Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
ABEL FERRARAListen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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Although 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.
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I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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