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.
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I was raised a Catholic and when you’re raised a Catholic they don’t teach you to think for yourself. You’re taught not to think too deeply about things.
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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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Then there’s that thing, maybe it’s not true. Who knows? Are you going to believe it? Are you going to buy it?
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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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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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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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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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I’m about my characters.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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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 care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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