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?
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.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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 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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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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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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The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
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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.
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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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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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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