I got a part opposite Edward G. Robinson in a play called Middle of The Night, which Paddy Cheyafsky had written. It played for a long time because everybody just loved Edward G. Robinson, everybody in New York wanted to see it. John and I were married at the time and put into a position where I was working very long evening hours and he was working in the daytime and so there was a lot of spare time.
Gena RowlandsI think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.
Gena RowlandsIt 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.
Gena RowlandsSo after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.
Gena Rowlands