Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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

More quotes by Abel Ferrara

Image
The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing.
Abel Ferrara
Image
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.
Abel Ferrara
Image
My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.
Abel Ferrara
Image
The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.
Abel Ferrara
Image
I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.
Abel Ferrara
Image
I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
Abel Ferrara
Image
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
Image
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.'
Abel Ferrara
Image
I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
Abel Ferrara
Image
I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
Abel Ferrara
Image
The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
Abel Ferrara
Image
Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
Abel Ferrara
Image
A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.
Abel Ferrara
Image
No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
Abel Ferrara
Image
I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.
Abel Ferrara
Image
That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
Abel Ferrara
Image
I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
Abel Ferrara
Image
As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
Abel Ferrara
Image
A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films.
Abel Ferrara
Image
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.
Abel Ferrara