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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.

Abel Ferrara

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
I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
ABEL FERRARA

Buddhist Catholic Lapse Point Worship
I don’t want to live anywhere where I’m breathing two million cars’ fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.
ABEL FERRARA

Anything Breathing Car Fume Hassled Two Zillion
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
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
I’m in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song.
ABEL FERRARA

House Ipad Machine Message Real Shut Sing Song Washing
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
I was raised a Catholic and when you’re raised a Catholic they don’t teach you to think for yourself. You’re taught not to think too deeply about things.
ABEL FERRARA

Catholic Deeply Raise Spiritual Taught Thinking
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
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
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
I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
ABEL FERRARA

Bronx Grew Music Rap
You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
ABEL FERRARA

Make Movie Telephone Want Wish
Although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.
ABEL FERRARA

Buck Bullshit Couple Deal Guess Million People Poet Raise
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 last day of your life is still going to be a day.
ABEL FERRARA

Day Going Last Life

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