Film Quotes by Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

No one can stop me from talking about my movie.

— Abel Ferrara

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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

— 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

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

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

— 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

The secret is not to make a film that causes something like Virginia Tech to happen. The secret is to make a…

— 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…

— 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…

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to…

— Abel Ferrara

It's always a problem when you're working with people you don't really know. Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.…

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara