People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I've never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I have a one-track mind. That's all that I'm interested in - love. And the lack of it. When it stops. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
People don't know what they are doing most of the time. They don't know what they want. It's only in 'the movies' that they… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don't think there's anything to acting… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em. I like… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
People have said that my films are very difficult to watch, that they're experiences you are put through rather than ones you enjoy, and… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I would put my pictures up against anybody's in this world. Certainly in my own day I bow to no one. I don't think… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I’m very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. It’s gotten worse than ever and it’s related to their being either high-… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I'm not good at comparing and contrasting. I take what's in front of me for what it is, although I guess there's something about… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21.… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
