I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
ABEL FERRARAThe world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
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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
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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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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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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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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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 don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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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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