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.
ABEL FERRARAThe actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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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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How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
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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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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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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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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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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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So what. What are you going to do? Jump off the Empire State Building?” It’s all still the same. The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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And get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.
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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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That’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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