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I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

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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The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing.
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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 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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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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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 come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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I'm about my characters.
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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