John Cassavetes Quotes
There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining, you know. I try to use them generously in my films.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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I was a complete outsider in high school.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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In 'Laurence Anyways,' Nathalie Baye is Laurence's mother, and she is quite an awful mother. Still, she is the only one in the end who truly accepts her daughter.
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When I'm driving I should make more of an effort with my iPod, but I'm too lazy to organise a playlist.
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I think of myself as a Russophile. I speak the language and studied the nation's literature and history in college.
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There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.
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We work together a lot. So we don't really sit around after five days in the studio. We've got families, so we all like to be home when we can. We're not into any rock-star lifestyle or partying or clubbing or anything. We've generally seen enough of each other by the end of the week.
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There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining, you know. I try to use them generously in my films.
