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John Cassavetes Quotes

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

The camera is the slave to the actor Picture Quote #1

Art films aren’t necessarily photography. It’s feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture Picture Quote #1

The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all Picture Quote #1

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand? Picture Quote #1

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We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world Picture Quote #1

People don’t know what they are doing most of the time. They don’t know what they want. It’s only in ‘the movies’ that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and neighbors visiting and talking loud and eating loud and nobody telling the children to be quiet or putting them down Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to accomplish the simple business of conducting human lives. We have been sold a bill of goods as a substitute for life. What is needed is reassurance in human emotions; a re-evaluation of our emotional capacities Picture Quote #1

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive Picture Quote #1

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail Picture Quote #1

The greatest location in the world is the human face Picture Quote #1

We only have two hours to change people’s lives Picture Quote #1

Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important Picture Quote #1

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You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all Picture Quote #1

Art films aren’t necessarily photography. It’s feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture Picture Quote #1

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn’t accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes Picture Quote #1

We don’t take the time to be vulnerable with each other Picture Quote #1

Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21. They die emotionally at 21, maybe younger... My responsibility as an artist is to help people get past 21... The films are a roadmap through emotional and intellectual terrain that provides a solution on how to save pain Picture Quote #1

You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense Picture Quote #1

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No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive. (John Cassavetes Quotes) 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 Quotes) The camera is the slave to the actor (John Cassavetes Quotes) Art films aren’t necessarily photography. It’s feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture. (John Cassavetes Quotes) The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all (John Cassavetes Quotes) Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand? (John Cassavetes Quotes) We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems (John Cassavetes Quotes) I’m a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world. (John Cassavetes Quotes) People don’t know what they are doing most of the time. They don’t know what they want. It’s only in ‘the movies’ that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them. (John Cassavetes Quotes) 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 Quotes) My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and neighbors visiting and talking loud and eating loud and nobody telling the children to be quiet or putting them down. (John Cassavetes Quotes) 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 Quotes) My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to accomplish the simple business of conducting human lives. We have been sold a bill of goods as a substitute for life. What is needed is reassurance in human emotions; a re-evaluation of our emotional capacities (John Cassavetes Quotes) No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive (John Cassavetes Quotes) As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail (John Cassavetes Quotes) The greatest location in the world is the human face (John Cassavetes Quotes) We only have two hours to change people’s lives (John Cassavetes Quotes) Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important (John Cassavetes Quotes) You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all (John Cassavetes Quotes) Art films aren’t necessarily photography. It’s feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture (John Cassavetes Quotes) An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn’t accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes (John Cassavetes Quotes) We don’t take the time to be vulnerable with each other (John Cassavetes Quotes) Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are... In this country, people die at 21. They die emotionally at 21, maybe younger... My responsibility as an artist is to help people get past 21... The films are a roadmap through emotional and intellectual terrain that provides a solution on how to save pain (John Cassavetes Quotes) You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense (John Cassavetes Quotes)