#in

And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that. I take that and stand. ↗

— Duane Chapman

#black #called #convict #i #in other words

I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred. ↗

— Duane Chapman

#already #black #discrimination #due #hatred

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

— Abel Ferrara

#going #last #life #still #your

The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#becomes #get #help #how #i

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. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#film #happen #happening #like #make

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

— Abel Ferrara

#director #final cut #such #thing

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. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#come #i #own #pushed #raised

With '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

#fee #get #getting #going #hotel

I gave up so many things. It wasn't that I was out of control - it was just years of eating anything I wanted. I wouldn't eat a whole pizza, but if I wanted pizza two or three times a week, I didn't think to limit myself. So I just cut out all the stuff that I viewed as unhealthy. ↗

— Jerry Ferrara

#control #cut #eat #eating #gave

I got on the scale and I weighed around 203. I'm only 5'7. I was about to turn 30, and I wasn't active anymore. So I started working with a nutritionist and a trainer. I played basketball twice a week. And soon it all just became a habit for me. I became addicted to something good for a change. ↗

— Jerry Ferrara

#active #addicted #anymore #around #basketball