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.

I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

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.

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

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.

I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.