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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.

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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Slits
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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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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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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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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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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 care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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