You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
ABEL FERRARAHe 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
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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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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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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Although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.
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I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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But I’m never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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