It’s funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it’s fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.
ABEL FERRARAWhich filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
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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 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 know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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I’m living in a real postmodern time – every single thing sings to you to tell you it’s started, it’s stopped, you’ve got a message, you didn’t get a message.
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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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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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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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?
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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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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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