I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.
Abel FerraraIt's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.
Abel FerraraWith 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
Abel Ferrara