I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
ABEL FERRARAAnd get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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He 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
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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I was raised a Catholic and when you’re raised a Catholic they don’t teach you to think for yourself. You’re taught not to think too deeply about things.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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With ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.
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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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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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I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
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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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