I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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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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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 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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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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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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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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There are a lot of other things that are important, you know. You know what they say. Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
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