Top 30 Quotes by John Cassavetes

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I hate entertainment.

I hate entertainment.

John Cassavetes

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.

John Cassavetes

People don't know what they are doing most of the time. They don't know what they want. It's only in 'the movies' that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them.

People don't know what they are doing most of the time. They don't know what they want. It's only in 'the movies' that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them.

John Cassavetes

We only have two hours to change people's lives.

We only have two hours to change people's lives.

John Cassavetes

The camera is the slave to the actor.

The camera is the slave to the actor.

John Cassavetes

I won't call my work entertainment. It's exploring. It's asking questions of people, constantly. 'How much do you feel? How much do you know? Are you aware of this? Can you cope with this?' A good movie will ask you questions you don't already know the answers to. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?

John Cassavetes

We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems.

We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems.

John Cassavetes

Everyone who makes a film is at the major distributors' mercy.

Everyone who makes a film is at the major distributors' mercy.

John Cassavetes

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.

John Cassavetes

I don't care about being on top, about being No. 1. I just make movies for a few suckers in the audience, anyway.

I don't care about being on top, about being No. 1. I just make movies for a few suckers in the audience, anyway.

John Cassavetes

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