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

I only watch my movies that I make once, so I can just see how it hangs together, but after that, I don't watch them again. A lot of people have disappeared from Earth that you've worked with, and they make me sort of sad once in a while, and there's really no necessity for me to watch them. I've made them, and it's on film and that's that.

[John Cassavetes] came backstage afterwards and introduced himself and we talked a bit, and then went for a little coffee at the Russian Tea Room next door. It just...started.

A Woman Under the Influence was my favorite. I loved doing that. And it was challenging.

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.

Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

So after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.