I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
ABEL FERRARAI don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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Although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.
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I 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.
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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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Even if you’re a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you’re still in the world
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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 don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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I’m about my characters.
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The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
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My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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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Рow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
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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
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