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.’
ABEL FERRARAI direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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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 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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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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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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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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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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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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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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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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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don’t find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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