Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
ABEL FERRARAI come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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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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The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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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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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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
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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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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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