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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

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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.

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

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I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

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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.

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

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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.

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'Faces' became more than a film. It became a way of life, a film against the authorities and the powers that prevent people from expressing themselves the way they want to, something that can't be done in America, that can't be done without money.

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The idea of love as a mysterious, undiscovered world has come to have no place in our innermost imagination.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 9th, 1929

Died: February 3rd, 1989

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