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I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age. — Abel Ferrara

In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves. — Abel Ferrara

Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.' — Abel Ferrara

There's no such thing as a non-final cut director. — Abel Ferrara

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh. — Abel Ferrara

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting. — Abel Ferrara

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far. — Abel Ferrara

Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right? — Abel Ferrara

I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept. — Abel Ferrara

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point. — Abel Ferrara

A script is not a piece of literature it's a process. — Abel Ferrara

I don't want to live anywhere where I'm breathing two million cars' fumes and paying a zillion dollars for the right to be totally hassled. — Abel Ferrara

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you. — Abel Ferrara

I'm about my characters. — Abel Ferrara

I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody. — Abel Ferrara

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. — Abel Ferrara

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door. — Abel Ferrara

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. — Abel Ferrara

The last day of your life is still going to be a day. — Abel Ferrara

Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The Bible is read to you. — Abel Ferrara

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want. — Abel Ferrara

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. — Abel Ferrara

A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films. — Abel Ferrara

I don't care if I get $50m to do a film. — Abel Ferrara

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

The secret is not to make a film that causes something like Virginia Tech to happen. The secret is to make a film that stops it happening. — Abel Ferrara

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there. — Abel Ferrara

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog. — Abel Ferrara

No one can stop me from talking about my movie. — Abel Ferrara

I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film. — Abel Ferrara

Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings. — Abel Ferrara

My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends. — Abel Ferrara

The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me. — Abel Ferrara

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

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success. — Abel Ferrara