I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
ABEL FERRARAMy existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. 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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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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
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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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I’m about my characters.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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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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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
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