I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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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’m not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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Although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.
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I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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I’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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I’m about my characters.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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