I grew up in the Bronx. I’m into rap music.
ABEL FERRARAMovies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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With ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.
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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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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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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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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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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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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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It’s funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it’s fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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The world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
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