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?
ABEL FERRARAWith ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.
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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You want to make movies on telephones, I’m there.
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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.’
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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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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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You know, these month – or two-month-long endeavors that millions of dollars are based on.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.
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In the film business, it’s basically honor among thieves.
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When 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.
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I’m about my characters.
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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 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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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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