Daughter Quotes 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— Gena Rowlands

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

— 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…

— Gena Rowlands

I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to.

— 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…

— Gena Rowlands

After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

— 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…

— Gena Rowlands

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

— 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…

— Gena Rowlands