I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.
Gena RowlandsJohn Cassavetes was a year ahead of me but we met there. What you do when you are at a school for drama, you do a play as opposed to a final. Anyone who wanted to come could just come. So he came, and I can't remember the name of the play, of course, it was a long time ago.
Gena RowlandsOf 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.
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