Abel Ferrara Quotes
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I guess I crave stability.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
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You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.
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Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.
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I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
