Quotes by John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you’re capable of performing in your life, that’s how you’re capable of performing on screen.

Acting

Extensions

Performing

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

Art

Defeat

Facts

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.

Art

People

Photography

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all we must dare to fail.

Artist

Failing

Trying

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all we must dare to fail…Say what you are. Not what you would like to be. Not what you have to be. Just say what you are. And what you are is good enough.

Artist

Failing

Trying

During the actual filming, I’m not really listening to dialogue. I’m watching to see if the actors are communicating something and expressing something. I’m just watching a conversation. You’re not aware of exactly what people are saying. You are aware of what they are INTENDING and what kind of feeling is going on in that scene.

Feelings

Listening

People

Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.

Film

Important

People

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

Film

Filmmaking

Want

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.

Country

Dream

Pain

I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don’t think there’s anything to acting except expressing, being able to converse. So if I can just convince somebody not to clean themselves up, and not to be someone that they’re not, and just be what they are in given circumstances, that’s all that acting is to me, and I don’t think it’s very difficult.

Acting

Giving

Thinking

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Acting

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Animation

Art

Artist

Assuming

Blow

Bravery

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Children

Class

Compare

Country

Crazy

Creativity

Culture

Defeat

Differences

Dope

Dream

Emotional

Ems

Extensions

Faces

Facts

Failing

Feelings

Film

Filmmaking

Giving

Honesty

Hours

Humility

Ideas

Important

Inspirational

Knowing

Listening

Location

Mean

Mother

Mount Rushmore

Names

Pain

People

Performing

Photography

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Quotes by John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you’re capable of performing in your life, that’s how you’re capable of performing on screen.

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

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.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all we must dare to fail.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all we must dare to fail…Say what you are. Not what you would like to be. Not what you have to be. Just say what you are. And what you are is good enough.

Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.

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

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