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With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
Abel Ferrara
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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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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 come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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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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