Abel Ferrara

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…

— 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

Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes,…

— Abel Ferrara

Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.

— Abel Ferrara

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— 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

The world is constantly changing. You're constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark, and get off…

— Abel Ferrara

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…

— Abel Ferrara

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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…

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

— 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

No one can stop me from talking about my movie.

— Abel Ferrara

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

— Abel Ferrara