John Cassavetes was a year ahead of me but we met there. What you do when you are at a school for drama, you do a play as opposed to a final. Anyone who wanted to come could just come. So he came, and I can't remember the name of the play, of course, it was a long time ago.

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

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

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

John [Cassavetes] loved actors. He gave them a lot of freedom. So if something came up that a certain actor just felt at the moment and said - that kind of improvisation he would accept. He gave very little direction.