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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

Abel Ferrara

Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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Human Human Being Movie Result
When I talk about drugs and alcohol, I’m talking about sex addiction, gambling addiction, eating addiction, throwing-up addiction. I’m not talking about mental illness.
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Addiction Alcohol Drug Eating Gambling Sex Talking
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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Done Filmmaking Most People Problem Starting Working
My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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Act Direct Existence Making Movie Punch Rock Roll
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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Life Need No One Proof See Visible Watch
I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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Balance Chill Equilibrium Trying Work
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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Believe Buy Going Maybe Wish
I don’t want to live anywhere where I’m breathing two million cars’ fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.
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Anything Breathing Car Fume Hassled Two Zillion
My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
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Direct End Film Going Job
There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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Death Difference Drinking Drugging Ending Tomorrow World
The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
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Actor Hard Push Pushing Success Work
You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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Make Movie Telephone Want Wish
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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Anything Direct Finance Movie Raise Sell
I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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Balance Chill Knife Neep Sharpen Throat Try Trying
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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Doing Each Interest Know Other People Pressure Under
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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Barbaric Earth Face Far Miracle Ourselves

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