It was a very hard play [Woman Under the Influence] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about it, you're right. I hadn't thought of that." He said, "Just forget it."

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

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

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

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

Because John Cassavetes was so terrific in live TV, a lot of his friends had not been able to participate in that yet and so they asked if he would gather with them at night when I was at the play and tell them what live TV was like, what you had to adjust to because it was its own medium - it had many things you had to be aware of.

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