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
pushing actors hard
The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.
knives trying balance
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.
drinking differences end-of-the-world
There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.
long film lifetime
A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films.
sex talking gambling
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.