Allowed Quote by John Cassavetes

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

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

(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

I hate entertainment.

— John Cassavetes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.

— John Cassavetes