The actors that I love to work with, they’re hard on me. They’re pushing me.
ABEL FERRARAAs barbaric is we are, it’s a miracle we haven’t blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
More Abel Ferrara Quotes
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that’s a success.
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I’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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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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 grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy.
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Then there’s that thing, maybe it’s not true. Who knows? Are you going to believe it? Are you going to buy it?
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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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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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I’m not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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There are a lot of other things that are important, you know. You know what they say. Life is what happens when you’re doing other things, right?
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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 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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