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John Cassavetes Quotes
John Cassavetes Quotes
John Cassavetes
American
Actor
Born:
Dec 9
,
1929
Died:
Feb 3
,
1989
Life
People
Think
Try
World
You
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I hate entertainment.
John Cassavetes
Entertainment
Hate
The camera is the slave to the actor.
John Cassavetes
Camera
Actor
Slave
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
Love
Mind
Lack
Stops
Interested
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
You
Man
Eyes
Poor Man
Think
Philosophy
Pennies
Steal
Like
Know
Dead
Off
Maybe
Poor
You know as a director what you want, but the film is smarter than you, the film says no, the film says there's something more here.
John Cassavetes
You
Director
Says
Something
More
Smarter
Know
Than
Want
Film
Here
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
John Cassavetes
Films
Assuming
Make
Because
Audiences
Quick
Truths
Want
Manipulate
Shorthand
Everyone who makes a film is at the major distributors' mercy.
John Cassavetes
Mercy
Everyone
Distributors
Major
Makes
Who
Film
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.
John Cassavetes
You
Too Much
Films
Too
Humility
Something
Fail
Talent
Because
Grab
Lack
Want
Much
Gangster
I won't call my work entertainment. It's exploring. It's asking questions of people, constantly. 'How much do you feel? How much do you know? Are you aware of this? Can you cope with this?' A good movie will ask you questions you don't already know the answers to. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?
John Cassavetes
Work
Good
You
Entertainment
People
Will
Good Movie
Would
Constantly
About
Something
Feel
Do You Know
Know
Make
Call
Understand
How
Answers
How Much
Questions
Want
Movie
Ask
Much
Asking
Asking Questions
Exploring
Film
Aware
Why
Cope
My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself.
John Cassavetes
Life
Myself
Great
Fear
Mother
Father
Mother And Father
Boon
Brother
Through
Never
Felt
Without
Always
Go
Were
Frightened
Did
Anything
Happily
Should
We only have two hours to change people's lives.
John Cassavetes
Change
People
Only
Hours
Lives
Two
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