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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
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
New York City
New York
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Never
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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 was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
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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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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.'
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