My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
ABEL FERRARAMovies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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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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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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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
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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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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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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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