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.
ABEL FERRARAThe actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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I’m about my characters.
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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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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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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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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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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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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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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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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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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.
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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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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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