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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
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That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
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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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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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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 live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
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