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That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
Abel Ferrara
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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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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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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 live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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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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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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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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