Abel Ferrara quotes

Abel Ferrara is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor, recognized for his provocative and gritty style. His most notable works include "Bad Lieutenant," "King of New York," and "The Addiction." He is known for exploring themes of morality, crime, and redemption in urban settings. Here are 35 of his quotes:

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you. (Abel Ferrara)
I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody. View quote
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A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process. View quote
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I'm about my characters. View quote
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I don't care if I get $50m to do a film. View quote
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day. View quote
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting. View quote
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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. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me. View quote
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My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there. View quote
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept. View quote
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models. (Abel Ferrara)
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. View quote
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Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right? View quote
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success. View quote
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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. View quote
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models. View quote
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There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death. View quote
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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. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing. View quote
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I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point. View quote
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I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things. View quote
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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. (Abel Ferrara)
A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films. View quote
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The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me. View quote
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With '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. View quote
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In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves. View quote
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Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara - Image
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Director
Born: July 19, 1951
Quotes count: 35

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