I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
ABEL FERRARAWhen 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.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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Рow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
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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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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’m about my characters.
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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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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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The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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