I direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
ABEL FERRARAMovies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
-
-
As barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
ABEL FERRARA -
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.
ABEL FERRARA -
And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
ABEL FERRARA -
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
ABEL FERRARA -
Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
ABEL FERRARA -
The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
ABEL FERRARA -
He brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
ABEL FERRARA -
I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
ABEL FERRARA -
I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
ABEL FERRARA -
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
ABEL FERRARA -
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.
ABEL FERRARA -
There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
ABEL FERRARA -
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.
ABEL FERRARA -
Which filmmaking is completely done under in many circumstances. You’re under constant crisis, making a movie
ABEL FERRARA -
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?
ABEL FERRARA