Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
ABEL FERRARACertain 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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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.
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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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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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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 direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
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I grew up in the ’60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn’t that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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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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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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I’m about my characters.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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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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