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.

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.

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

Bette Davis had very strong opinions and was not afraid to express them. She wasn't afraid of anything that I ever saw. And she was so funny. She's just funny and she was laughing all the time.

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

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.