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.
ABEL FERRARAIn the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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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 know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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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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Which filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
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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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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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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’m not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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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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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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