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 FERRARAMy 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.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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.
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Then there’s that thing, maybe it’s not true. Who knows? Are you going to believe it? Are you going to buy it?
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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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.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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Рow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
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It’s funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it’s fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.
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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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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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