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.
ABEL FERRARAI grew up in the ’60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn’t that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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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.
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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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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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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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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.
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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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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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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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A lifetime isn’t long enough to learn how to make films.
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I don’t know what DVD commentaries are about. I’d like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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