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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.

Abel Ferrara

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Abel Ferrara
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 18
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Film Producer
Screenwriter
New York City
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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 come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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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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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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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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