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

John [Cassavetes] had shot a great deal of Shadows and I had to go fulfill my contract in California, so he and all the rest of the Shadows cast came out to California and they finished it off and he cut it. He turned the garage into an editing room and he was by then a director of Shadows. That's the only thing he'd directed. But, he loved it.

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.

After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

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

It 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.

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].