My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
ABEL FERRARAI’m not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
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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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I’m about my characters.
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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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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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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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There’s a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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 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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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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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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A script is not a piece of literature, it’s a process.
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