Zoe Cassavetes
Zoe Cassavetes
Zoe Rowlands Cassavetesis an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is the daughter of filmmaker John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. She is best known for her 2007 film Broken English...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth29 June 1970
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
moving horror-stories judging
My actress friends would tell me their horror stories, or say they couldn't get work, and were deemed too old, even though they were established and talented and fit and gorgeous. It was frustrating for them and it was frustrating to hear. Maybe because I was the same age as them and it was already hard enough trying to cross over to the 40s without someone judging your every move.
movies people
Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
life
I'm not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I'm so lucky.
artistic family grow incredibly
I got to grow up in an incredibly artistic family.
life
As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
people
People are going to say what they want to say.
crazy past trying
There is another movie I love that always sticks with me and influenced me called "Frankie" starring Diane Kruger as a model past her prime trying to make it work and going crazy from how she is treated.
culture looks demand
The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.
want pressure actresses
Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.
age would-be roles
I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.
fun character made
It was fun to create characters who had truth to them but were also made up so as not to completely offend!
insane pressure actresses
The pressure for an actress to look good and be skeletally thin is insane and unrealistic and it's a subject I've been fascinated by.
daughter mother inspiration
I will watch a ton of movies while I'm writing for inspiration. "Postcards from the Edge" was one. I love the mother-daughter relationship and all the hard humiliating stuff she has to go through. Or thinks she has to go through.
people choices lucky
In a way I'm lucky because when people suggest I won't be able to do something I have no choice but to show them they are wrong. If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it. No matter how hard it is.