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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
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New York City
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I'm in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song. I'm living in a real postmodern time - every single thing sings to you to tell you it's started, it's stopped, you've got a message, you didn't get a message.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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I'm about my characters.
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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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My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy. 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, he brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.
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I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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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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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. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
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