My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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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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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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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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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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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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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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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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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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