With ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.
ABEL FERRARAListen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.
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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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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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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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I’m about my characters.
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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 need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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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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