With ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.
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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The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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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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