John Cassavetes Quotes

“Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.”

“Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.”

“There are so many people I know who could be the greatest film-maker but who will never get the chance to make a movie it's all about what somebody is going to make back. There are not a lot of romantic ideas about making movies anymore. ”

“I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.”

“You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.”

“No matter how old you get if you can keep the desire to be creative you're keeping the man-child alive.”

“No matter how old you get if you can keep the desire to be creative you're keeping the man-child alive.”

“I’m very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. It’s gotten worse than ever and it’s related to their being either high- or low-class concubines, and the only question is when or where they will go to bed, with whom, and how many. There’s nothing to do with the dreams of women, or of woman as the dream, nothing to do with the quirky part of her, the wonder of her.”

“When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, 'Hey you, Step Brother!'”

“St John had been sitting in the back garden twizzling a pencil, on the end of which a russet deposit was impaled, which had been left on the lawn by Marmaduke, next door’s ginger cat. His father had wandered in to the garden and seen St John mesmerised by the twirling mahogany baton. “What are you doing son?” he asked.“Toasting a witch”, St John replied.”

“My purpose in beginning the John Wimber biography project was to honor his rich legacy of teaching, his extraordinary character, and the positive & beneficial impact his life has had on my journey as a 'follower of Christ'. I esteem John Wimber's teachings, writing, and impact upon the Body of Christ to be equal with that of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, John F. Banks, D.L. Moody, and Leanne Payne.”