91 Quotes by 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, let's do it.'

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.

Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?

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 Bible is read to you.

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 to think too deeply about things.

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

I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.

The last day of your life is still going to be a day.