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."

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

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

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.

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

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

I only watch my movies that I make once, so I can just see how it hangs together, but after that, I don't watch them again. A lot of people have disappeared from Earth that you've worked with, and they make me sort of sad once in a while, and there's really no necessity for me to watch them. I've made them, and it's on film and that's that.