"You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!"

"I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows."

"I'm just looking to get through the day."

"If your mind is at work, we're in danger of reproducing another cliche. If we can keep our minds out of it and our thoughts out of it, maybe we'll come up with something original."

"I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately."