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title: "2 Frustrating Quotes By Zoe Cassavetes"
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> [My actress friends would tell me their horror stories, or say they couldn't get work, and were deemed too old, even though they were established and talented and fit and gorgeous. It was frustrating for them and it was frustrating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/my-actress-friends-would-tell-me-their-horror-stories-or-say-they/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/zoe-cassavetes-27307_actresses_my-actress-friends-would-tell-me-their-h_874470.jpg)

> [When you create, it comes from this deep part of you, and your job is you, and so when you don't get heard it can feel bad and frustrating and you have to somehow keep the confidence up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/when-you-create-it-comes-from-this-deep-part-of-you-and-your-job-is/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/zoe-cassavetes-27307_confidence_when-you-create-it-comes-from-this-deep_2545420.jpg)

## More by Zoe Cassavetes

> [Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/work-very-very-hard-this-business-is-no-joke-make-sure-you-know-what/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [It was fun to create characters who had truth to them but were also made up so as not to completely offend!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/it-was-fun-to-create-characters-who-had-truth-to-them-but-were-also/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [If you are the writer/director especially, no one cares more about the project than you do. You know it in and out. You created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/if-you-are-the-writer-director-especially-no-one-cares-more-about-the/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [People are going to say what they want to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/people-are-going-to-say-what-they-want-to-say/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [My actress friends would tell me their horror stories, or say they couldn't get work, and were deemed too old, even though they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/my-actress-friends-would-tell-me-their-horror-stories-or-say-they/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/as-a-writer-i-wouldn-t-know-how-to-not-take-things-out-of-my-life/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [I'm not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I'm so lucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/i-m-not-complaining-about-my-life-every-moment-of-it-has-been/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/actresses-feel-immense-pressure-to-keep-up-nobody-wants-someone-who/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [The pressure for an actress to look good and be skeletally thin is insane and unrealistic and it's a subject I've been fascinated by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/the-pressure-for-an-actress-to-look-good-and-be-skeletally-thin-is/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/the-celebrity-culture-demands-a-camera-ready-at-all-times-look-or/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [I will watch a ton of movies while I'm writing for inspiration. "Postcards from the Edge" was one. I love the mother-daughter relationship and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/i-will-watch-a-ton-of-movies-while-i-m-writing-for-inspiration/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [In a way I'm lucky because when people suggest I won't be able to do something I have no choice but to show them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/in-a-way-i-m-lucky-because-when-people-suggest-i-won-t-be-able-to-do/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [There is another movie I love that always sticks with me and influenced me called "Frankie" starring Diane Kruger as a model past her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/there-is-another-movie-i-love-that-always-sticks-with-me-and/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [When you create, it comes from this deep part of you, and your job is you, and so when you don't get heard it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/when-you-create-it-comes-from-this-deep-part-of-you-and-your-job-is/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

> [I work hard and support myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-cassavetes/i-work-hard-and-support-myself/)

[Zoe Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-cassavetes/)

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