Nick Cassavetes (Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes) Quotes

I like to give my actors a lot of room.

Nick Cassavetes

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• My first novel, 'In the Drink,' begun when I was 29 and floundering and published when I was 36 and married, was about a 29-year-old woman whose life was even more screwed up than my own had been.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Life
  • Up
  • Woman

• As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Up
  • You
  • Give

• I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.

  

  Adam Hicks
  • Music
  • Poetry
  • Influence

• But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Work
  • Remember
  • Nature

• I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.

  

  Floyd Skloot
  • World
  • Mind
  • Brain

• When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Time
  • America
  • Focus

• When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.

  

  Immaculee Ilibagiza
  • Human
  • Start
  • Danger

• As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Long
  • You
  • Education

• The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.

  

  Harold Russell
  • Hands
  • More
  • Roll

• The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Movie
  • Days
  • Holocaust

• I've made mistakes. Like, bringing people to your level who don't deserve to be there. They're trying to bite off your so-called fame, make a name off of you. I think I did a lot of that - allowed people to be relevant in my life who really aren't relevant to me at all.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • People
  • Life
  • Trying

• The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Wisdom
  • Determination

• Background updating is absolutely the future.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Future
  • Background
  • Updating

• Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag.

  

  Larry Craig
  • Freedom
  • First Amendment

• If you're in California, and it's raining, stay home because nobody can drive in the rain. It's like it's raining frogs. They're terrified.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Home
  • California
  • Rain

• I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Country
  • Want
  • You

• A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage.

  

  Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  • Human
  • Creativity
  • Heritage

• The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

  

  Ugo Betti
  • Friend
  • Temptation
  • Meeting

• I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • People
  • Persons
  • Grows

• When the mountain streams are frozen and the Nor'land winds are out; when the winter winds are drifting the bitter sleet and snow; when winter rains are making out-of-door life unendurable; when season, weather and law combine to make it "close time" for beast, bird and man, it is well that a few congenial spirits should, at some favorite trysting place, gather around the glowing stove and exchange yarns, opinions and experiences.

  

  George W. Sears
  • Time
  • Experiences
  • Weather

• I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.

  

  Melissa Ordway
  • Different
  • Sometimes
  • Actually

• Kate, don't be like that. You know I only did so well because I yearn-see, SAT word- to follow you to college and steal your heart." "Uh-huh. Too bad for you I don't plan on attending clown college." He grinned. "Only you would ignore the incredibly sweet thing I just said." "Only you would describe one of your asinine comments as incredibly sweet.

  

  Elizabeth Scott
  • Heart
  • College
  • Ignore

• I like to give my actors a lot of room.

  

  Nick Cassavetes
  • Actors
  • Give
  • Room