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Abel Ferrara

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
ABEL FERRARA

Age Country Early Father Moved Problem
As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
ABEL FERRARA

Barbaric Earth Face Far Miracle Ourselves
It’s funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it’s fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.
ABEL FERRARA

Fast Funny Hardest Improvised Laughing Look Loose Something Thing
I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
ABEL FERRARA

Commentary Concept DVD Person Strangle
That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
ABEL FERRARA

Away Editing Finish Make never You
And the people doing them don’t even know each other, or know each other under pressure, or know each other when things are really
ABEL FERRARA

Doing Each Interest Know Other People Pressure Under
I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
ABEL FERRARA

Balance Chill Knife Neep Sharpen Throat Try Trying
I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
ABEL FERRARA

Anything Direct Finance Movie Raise Sell
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Cost Determination Imagination Life Limit Point
I’m living in a real postmodern time – every single thing sings to you to tell you it’s started, it’s stopped, you’ve got a message, you didn’t get a message.
ABEL FERRARA

Every Message Postmodern Real Sing Single Started Stopped Time
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Catholic Deeply Raise Spiritual Taught Thinking
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Addiction Alcohol Drug Eating Gambling Sex Talking
There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
ABEL FERRARA

Death Difference Drinking Drugging Ending Tomorrow World
Then there’s that thing, maybe it’s not true. Who knows? Are you going to believe it? Are you going to buy it?
ABEL FERRARA

Believe Buy Going Maybe Wish
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
ABEL FERRARA

Brought Country Culture Live Respect State Twenty Year
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Life Need No One Proof See Visible Watch

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