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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.

Abel Ferrara

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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New York City
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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.
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I don't want to live anywhere where I'm breathing two million cars' fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.
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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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I'm about my characters.
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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.
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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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I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.
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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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