Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
ABEL FERRARAMaking money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
ABEL FERRARAI 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 FERRARAHe 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 FERRARAThe world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
ABEL FERRARAMost filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
ABEL FERRARAWhen 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 FERRARAI 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 FERRARAWhich filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
ABEL FERRARAHe brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
ABEL FERRARAYou know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
ABEL FERRARAРow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
ABEL FERRARAI live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
ABEL FERRARAAnd 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 FERRARAI don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
ABEL FERRARAHow you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
ABEL FERRARAI’m in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song.
ABEL FERRARA