[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.

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

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

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

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

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.

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.