I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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It’s always a problem when you’re working with people you don’t really know. Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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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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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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And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
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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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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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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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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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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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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.
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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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