Abel Ferrara Quotes
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.
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I like music a lot.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I'm a slave to my imagination in terms of making narrative films.
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Your band members? Your band members don't want to be tied to a machine. They want to be playing. That's what the Beatles did. And the Beatles' stuff is timeless. That's what I would suggest. Just get back to sweating, playing hard, hammering, and having a blast.
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No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.
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My fashion statement depends on my mood. I am more of a tomboy when dressing up, and I have never worn pink in my entire life.
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I like to be aggressive. I like to swing the bat.
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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.
