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My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.

Abel Ferrara

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
New York City
New York
Telephones
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Movies
Existence
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Punches

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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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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.
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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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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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 don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
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