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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.

Abel Ferrara

When I talk about drugs and alcohol, I’m talking about sex addiction, gambling addiction, eating addiction, throwing-up addiction. I’m not talking about mental illness.
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Addiction Alcohol Drug Eating Gambling Sex Talking
I’m not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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Dying Everybody Fan Movie Talking
There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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Death Difference Drinking Drugging Ending Tomorrow World
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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Basically Business Film Honor Thieve Work
That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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Care Do Film Get Million
I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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Balance Chill Equilibrium Trying Work
I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
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Anything Direct Finance Movie Raise Sell
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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Age Country Early Father Moved Problem
The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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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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Happen Important Know Life Lot Other Right Thing
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 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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