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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.

Abel Ferrara

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
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
And the people doing them don’t even know each other, or know each other under pressure, or know each other when things are really
ABEL FERRARA

Doing Each Interest Know Other People Pressure Under
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

Actor Budget Certain Low Movie Ripped Thinking Wanna Working
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Every Message Postmodern Real Sing Single Started Stopped Time
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
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.
ABEL FERRARA

Done Filmmaking Most People Problem Starting Working
Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
ABEL FERRARA

Anybody Festival Film Listen Right Show Want
The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
ABEL FERRARA

Actor Hard Push Pushing Success Work
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
The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
ABEL FERRARA

Day Going Last Life
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
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
ABEL FERRARA

Actor Filmmaking Hand Movie Shake Starting
That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
ABEL FERRARA

Away Editing Finish Make never You
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
A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
ABEL FERRARA

Enough Film Learn Lifetime Long

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