all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at all. Even if the criticism is valid or good, they should just shut up, and let that person create. Because at a certain point you have to make it your own - not the world's, but your own.
Gena RowlandsI just loved Bette Davis and the fact that I had a chance to work with her [on the 1979 TV movie Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter] was momentous.
Gena RowlandsIt was more freedom than I think most people get when they're starting out - or even when they're not starting out. He [John Cassavetes] did his thing and I did whatever I thought.
Gena RowlandsSo I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, โHuh, that sounds fascinating. Itโs wonderful!โ And I told my father and he literally said, โI donโt care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.โ
Gena Rowlands