People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

Because John Cassavetes was so terrific in live TV, a lot of his friends had not been able to participate in that yet and so they asked if he would gather with them at night when I was at the play and tell them what live TV was like, what you had to adjust to because it was its own medium - it had many things you had to be aware of.