My job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
ABEL FERRARAMy job is going to be to direct the film – I’m going to do it. And that’s where my job ends.
ABEL FERRARAWhen 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.
ABEL FERRARAAlthough 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.
ABEL FERRARAHow you look to help other people, and how you get out of this ‘I, me, mine’ type of thing.
ABEL FERRARANo one can stop me from talking about my movie.
ABEL FERRARAI 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.
ABEL FERRARAMy grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
ABEL FERRARAMost filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
ABEL FERRARAI come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
ABEL FERRARAРow can we be, even if it is the last day on earth? It’s like Christmas Eve. “Okay, it’s going to be Christmas.
ABEL FERRARAI 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.
ABEL FERRARAYou want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
ABEL FERRARAI direct, and I make movies I can’t finance. I can’t raise money. I can’t sell anything. I make things.
ABEL FERRARAThe world is constantly changing. You’re constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark
ABEL FERRARAMy existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
ABEL FERRARAHe 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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