I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
ABEL FERRARAHe brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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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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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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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.
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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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