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I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

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
Bronx
Rap
Grew
Music

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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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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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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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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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I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.
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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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In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
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With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
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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.
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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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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
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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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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.
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I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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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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Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
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I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
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