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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.
Abel Ferrara
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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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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 not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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