John Cassavetes Quotes
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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I'm a huge Cure fan. I love the Cure. The scales being tipped to when they weren't on a major label compared to when they were seems pretty meaningless. I had the good fortune of having them go before me and seeing their careers, musically at least, lose something. Like a novel written by a dead hand.
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The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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There should be no censorship of mail.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I wouldn't mind an original letter from Napoleon to Josephine - in the early days, his letters arrived torn to pieces because he was overwhelmed by his passion for her.
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My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.
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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
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When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
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The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously.
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Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.
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Working on 'The War Room' was a thrill, not only because we were given such exquisite access to the nerve center of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, but for me personally, it was so exciting to be producing my first film and working with documentary filmmaking legends D.A. Pannebaker and Chris Hegedus, who were the film's directors.
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I like working. It is where I feel useful. I have no plans to cut down. I am happy with what I do. There will be a lot more of me yet, that's for sure.
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Sugar crystallizes something in our American soul. It is emblematic of all industrial processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White being equated with pure and 'true': it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white things. A lot of pressure.
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I was a careless Protestant, my wife was a good Catholic, and we had six kids in seven years and I'd endorse that to everyone.
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A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
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If the asset solves a real problem for a real customer, then there'll be value in the asset.
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I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
