Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
ABEL FERRARAMy grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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I’m about my characters.
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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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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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.
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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.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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.
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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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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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The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself.
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I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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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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