John Cassavetes Quotes
No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.
People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.
Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?
An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes.
(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.
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 want something, I'll grab it.
You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.
Art films aren't necessarily photography. It's feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture.
To me there is a name for each person. I think it’s marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It’s either Gena or my mother or some other person.
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.
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 Paul's realistic writing that is like Cassavetes.
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.
No matter how old you get if you can keep the desire to be creative you're keeping the man-child alive.