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36 quotes by Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara Abel Ferrara at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival Born (1951-07-19) July 19, 1951 (age 63) The Bronx, New York City, U.S. Other names Jimmy Laine Occupation director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, cinematographer Years active 1971–present Spouse(s) Nancy Ferrara Partner(s) Shanyn Leigh Website www.abelferrara.com Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American film screenwriter and director. He is best known as...
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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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That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.

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

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I'm about my characters.

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

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Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies... →

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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.

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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.

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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... →

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

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

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