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I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

Abel Ferrara

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Film Producer
Screenwriter
New York City
New York
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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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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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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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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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