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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.
Abel Ferrara
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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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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 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.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.
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The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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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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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.
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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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The world is constantly changing. You're constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark, 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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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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