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.
ABEL FERRARAIn the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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Then there’s that thing, maybe it’s not true. Who knows? Are you going to believe it? Are you going to buy it?
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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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There are a lot of other things that are important, you know. You know what they say. Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
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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 live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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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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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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Рow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
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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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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.
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