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
audacity itself
I just want to make something that is true to itself and that interests me; otherwise, how can I have the audacity to think it's going to interest anybody else?
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.
attached beings human love stay vampires
I think vampires would want to find a way to stay attached to the living, the way human beings do, and that is through love, interrelations and meaning.
characters eternity human love qualities sentenced universal vampires
I think vampires are different from human beings, but they're sentenced to eternity on this planet. They have the same confusion about love and permanence, integrity, and denial. These qualities really are the same in vampire characters as in humans. I think they're universal themes.
asked came home looked mom religion
I went to this Episcopalian school, and one day I came home and asked my mom, 'What religion are we?' She looked at me and said, 'We're artists.'
human movies parallels popular share time vampire
I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.
I'm not cynical, but I don't really want to have a boyfriend or husband again.
I wanted to make an adult vampire film, not something for children.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.