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
ABEL FERRARAMy job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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 don’t want to live anywhere where I’m breathing two million cars’ fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.
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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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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 need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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