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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world

Abel Ferrara

I grew up in the ’60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn’t that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
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Baseball Camera Creative Grew Guitar Stretch Time
In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Basically Business Film Honor Thieve Work
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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Believe Buy Going Maybe Wish
I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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Come Done Film Success World
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.
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Buck Bullshit Couple Deal Guess Million People Poet Raise
That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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Away Editing Finish Make never You
Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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Doing Happen Life Love Right Thing
My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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Born Country Grandfather Live Old Outside Southern State Town Year
So what. What are you going to do? Jump off the Empire State Building?” It’s all still the same. The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Building Day Do Empire Going Jump Last Life State
The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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Changing Constantly Learning Mark Spot Willing World
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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Happen Important Know Life Lot Other Right Thing
I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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Buddhist Catholic Lapse Point Worship
But I’m never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is.
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Cost Determination Imagination Life Limit Point
A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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Enough Film Learn Lifetime Long
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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Life Need No One Proof See Visible Watch
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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Beating Country Gangster Heart Mulberry State Street Yuppie

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