I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
ABEL FERRARAMovies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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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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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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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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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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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won’t answer the door.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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