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

I 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.

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.

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

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

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.