Alexandra Cassavetes
Alexandra Cassavetes
Alexandra Cassavetesis an American actress and director. She is the daughter of Greek-American actor-director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. She is the granddaughter of actress Katherine Cassavetes. She is the sister of actor-director Nick Cassavetes and actor-screenwriter-director Zoe Cassavetes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth21 September 1965
CountryUnited States of America
movies noticed people stick
I've noticed that when people make vampire movies, they're always determining which of the rules they're going to stick to and which they'll abandon.
babbling became features forgot jason obsessed sort until
I sort of forgot about 'Z Channel' after it went off the air in 1989, but once Jason Resnick of Focus Features made the suggestion, I became obsessed all over again. I still am. I'll probably be this way until I'm 80, babbling about 'Z Channel.'
maybe wake
I tell myself, 'If I can wake up each day and be excited about what I'm doing, then I must be happy.' But then again, maybe I'm in denial.
films maybe people supposed travel
I don't know about relationships. Maybe I'm supposed to travel and make films and meet people and have adventures instead.
films
My taste in films doesn't lead financers to think they are going to make a zillion dollars.
act baggage component count intensity life love seeing stable understanding
Love is a component of many different things - the baggage you bring, the moment, what you need in your life, seeing someone as a portal for understanding everything, and all the intensity that brings. It's not something to count on and act like it's a stable thing.
ideas people temptation
People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.
fall love-is thinking
I think at its most mature, love is a very bourgeois state. There is something about luxuriating in the nest of love that people fall into naturally.
thinking way
I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.
sadness kids vampire
The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.
peace strongly
I feel too strongly about rearranging reality in a movie. It gives me peace.
anyone believe john next says sweet walk
It's sweet to hear, but anyone who says that they want to be the next John Cassavetes is crazy. He had it so tough. No one would want to walk a step in his shoes. Believe me - I wouldn't.
I wanted to make an adult vampire film, not something for children.
bloody finding mechanical open picking stores worlds
It's a bloody shame that all the video stores have gone, I'll tell you. Everything's so mechanical now. It's all so if-you-liked-this-then-you'll-like-this. There's no picking something out, or finding some brilliant person to open up new worlds for you.