I 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 FERRARAA script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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I don’t want to live anywhere where I’m breathing two million cars’ fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.
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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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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I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Рow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
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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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My life is proof that I don’t need you to do what I do. If there’s no one to see it, I’ll watch it.
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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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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.
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When 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.
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The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself.
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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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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I 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.
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Which filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
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