A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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 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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My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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It’s always a problem when you’re working with people you don’t really know. Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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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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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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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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