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Abel Ferrara
Birthday:
19 July 1951
Biography
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.
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.
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.
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.
The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.
The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.
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.
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.
There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
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.
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.
It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.
As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.
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.
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.
I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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 and models.
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 and models.
I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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.'
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.'
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.
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.
The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.
A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.
That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.
I'm about my characters.
I'm about my characters.
Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
Abel Ferrara
Born in the Bronx, Ferrara started making amateur films on Super 8 in his teens before making his debut with violent exploitation films such as 'Driller Killer' and 'Ms.45'. Good reviews for the latter helped create his cult reputation, leading to larger budgets, studio funding and 'name' actors (Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel), but he still likes taking his camera out onto the meanest streets of New York, as the ultra-cheap, highly controversial 'Bad Lieutenant' demonstrates.
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