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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.’

Abel Ferrara

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 FERRARA

Direct Fee Getting Hotel Paid Produce Rose Writing
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Addiction Alcohol Drug Eating Gambling Sex Talking
I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
ABEL FERRARA

Come Done Film Success World
I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
ABEL FERRARA

Balance Chill Knife Neep Sharpen Throat Try Trying
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
ABEL FERRARA

Brought Country Culture Live Respect State Twenty Year
How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
ABEL FERRARA

Help Mine Other People Thing Type
I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
ABEL FERRARA

Balance Chill Equilibrium Trying Work
Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
ABEL FERRARA

Couple End Guess People Sitting World Writing
I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
ABEL FERRARA

Anything Direct Finance Movie Raise Sell
As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
ABEL FERRARA

Barbaric Earth Face Far Miracle Ourselves
And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
ABEL FERRARA

Fix Going Keep Knowledge Place Spot Take
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
ABEL FERRARA

Age Country Early Father Moved Problem
He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
ABEL FERRARA

Culture English Food Language never Spoke Word
You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
ABEL FERRARA

Make Movie Telephone Want Wish
My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
ABEL FERRARA

Direct End Film Going Job
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Life Need No One Proof See Visible Watch

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