My existence is about making movies, so I’ve just got to rock and roll with the punches.
ABEL FERRARAThat’s the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself.
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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’m trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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 don’t care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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Although 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.
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I don’t have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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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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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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I don’t need to push myself. I don’t need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat.
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I’m a lapsed Buddhist like I’m a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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I’m about my characters.
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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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