Author: 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.

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.

- John Cassavetes

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.

- John Cassavetes

I have a one-track mind. That's all that I'm interested in - love. And the lack of it. When it stops.

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

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

- John Cassavetes

Commercial movies have no feeling, no sensitivity. Most people tell me people won't understand films with feeling. But everyone can feel.

Commercial movies have no feeling, no sensitivity. Most people tell me people won't understand films with feeling. But everyone can feel.

- John Cassavetes

You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.

You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.

- John Cassavetes

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