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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
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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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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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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.
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But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
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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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
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Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
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I'm in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song. I'm living in a real postmodern time - every single thing sings to you to tell you it's started, it's stopped, you've got a message, you didn't get a message.
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I'm about my characters.
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
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I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.
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