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> [When I was in Middle of The Night, MGM came and offered me a contract and I said that when I got out of the play, I'd like to try it. I didn't know anything about making movies but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/when-i-was-in-middle-of-the-night-mgm-came-and-offered-me-a-contract/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

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## More by Gena Rowlands

> [all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at all. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/all-creative-writers-need-a-certain-amount-of-time-when-they-re/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [ It was a very hard play \[Woman Under the Influence\] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/it-was-a-very-hard-play-woman-under-the-influence-to-do-every-night/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/so-i-went-home-and-i-told-my-mom-that-i-wanted-to-quit-and-be-an/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/when-i-went-to-my-parents-i-was-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-and-i/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [ I'd wanted to be \[an actress\] all my life. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/i-d-wanted-to-be-an-actress-all-my-life/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [ John Cassavetes was there at night while I was working. After they \[with his friends\] discussed as much live TV as they felt they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/john-cassavetes-was-there-at-night-while-i-was-working-after-they/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/i-always-do-make-a-back-story-for-myself-but-i-m-not-sure-how/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [I only watch my movies that I make once, so I can just see how it hangs together, but after that, I don't watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/i-only-watch-my-movies-that-i-make-once-so-i-can-just-see-how-it/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [After you play a part, you think of it as your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/after-you-play-a-part-you-think-of-it-as-your-own/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [ So many people mistakenly think that the rest of his \[John Cassavetes\] pictures and the ones we did were improvised, which isn't true. He… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/so-many-people-mistakenly-think-that-the-rest-of-his-john-cassavetes/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/of-course-i-would-change-anything-if-john-cassavetes-said-so-it-s-his/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [I got a part opposite Edward G. Robinson in a play called Middle of The Night, which Paddy Cheyafsky had written. It played for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/i-got-a-part-opposite-edward-g-robinson-in-a-play-called-middle-of/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [ I read the script of \[Woman Under the Influence \] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/i-read-the-script-of-woman-under-the-influence-50-times-and-i-thought/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [Because John Cassavetes was so terrific in live TV, a lot of his friends had not been able to participate in that yet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/because-john-cassavetes-was-so-terrific-in-live-tv-a-lot-of-his/)

[Gena Rowlands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-rowlands/)

> [I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-rowlands/i-can-never-have-a-poker-face-anybody-looking-at-me-can-tell-exactly/)

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