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.

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

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.

[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.

So many people mistakenly think that the rest of his [John Cassavetes] pictures and the ones we did were improvised, which isn't true. He wrote all the rest of them.

It 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.

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