A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
ABEL FERRARASo 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.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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 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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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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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No one can stop me from talking about my 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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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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The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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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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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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