I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
ABEL FERRARAMy grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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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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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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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Which filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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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There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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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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He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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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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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
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I’m about my characters.
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