My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
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 not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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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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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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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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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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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And the people doing them don’t even know each other, or know each other under pressure, or know each other when things are really
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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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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
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