Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrarais an American film screenwriter and director and occasionally an actor. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer, Ms. 45, King of New York, Bad Lieutenantand The Funeral...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth19 July 1951
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Abel Ferrara quotes about
thinking actors certain
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.'
baseball guitar creative
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.
talking
No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
problem
I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
dvds persons knows
I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
jobs film ends
My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.
buddhist catholic
I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.
doors answers making-money
Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
finance raises direct
I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.
care film ifs
I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
country father age
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
festivals want film
Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
couple writing bullshit
Even if you're a poet sitting in your room writing a poem, you're still in the world - although I guess being a poet is a different than having to deal with 40 or 50 people to raise a couple million bucks and all that bullshit.
pushing actors hard
The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.