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Film Quotes by John Cassavetes
- I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em. I like the…
- My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to…
- There's a difference between ad-libbing and improvising. And there's a difference between not knowing what to do and just saying something. Or making choices as…
- People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.
- 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.…
- Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?
- You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If…
- I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But…
- Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21. They…
- Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.
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