Seymour Cassel

'Shadows' wasn't so difficult to get made.

Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films. It's collective thought.

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.

It was illegal for black people and white people to play checkers together in Birmingham. And there were even black and white Bibles to swear to tell the truth on in many parts of the South.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

When I was little, I was such a tomboy - I loved a baggy T-shirt and leggings.