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.
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.
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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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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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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.
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