“John Cassavetes was a year ahead of me but we met there. What you do when you are at a school for drama, you do a play as opposed to a final. Anyone who wanted to come could just come. So he came, and I can't remember the name of the play, of course, it was a long time ago.” YearsLongI CanPlayWantedSchoolRememberCoursesNamesDramaMetsLong TimeFinalsLong Time Ago Author:Gena Rowlands
“I got a part opposite Edward G. Robinson in a play called Middle of The Night, which Paddy Cheyafsky had written. It played for a long time because everybody just loved Edward G. Robinson, everybody in New York wanted to see it. John and I were married at the time and put into a position where I was working very long evening hours and he was working in the daytime and so there was a lot of spare time.” LongPlayWantedNightHoursWrittenMiddleNew YorkPositionMarriedLong TimeOppositesEveningSparesMiddle Of The NightDaytimeSpare TimePaddy Author:Gena Rowlands
“Because John Cassavetes was so terrific in live TV, a lot of his friends had not been able to participate in that yet and so they asked if he would gather with them at night when I was at the play and tell them what live TV was like, what you had to adjust to because it was its own medium - it had many things you had to be aware of.” IfsPlayAbleNightTvsMediumsTerrificLive Tv Author:Gena Rowlands
“When I was in Middle of The Night, MGM came and offered me a contract and I said that when I got out of the play, I'd like to try it. I didn't know anything about making movies but I was certainly finding it interesting.” KnowsTryingSaidPlayNightInterestingMiddleFindingsContractsMiddle Of The NightMgm Author:Gena Rowlands
“John Cassavetes wrote A Woman Under the Influence as a play. He said, "Hey, I wrote you a play." And I said, "Great, let's read it." I read it and I said, "John, I couldn't do this every night and twice on Wednesday and Saturday".” SaidPlayNightInfluenceHeyEvery NightSaturdayWednesday Author:Gena Rowlands
“It was a very hard play [Woman Under the Influence] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about it, you're right. I hadn't thought of that." He said, "Just forget it."” ThinkingSaidHardPlayNightForgetWorryInfluenceEvery NightForget It Author:Gena Rowlands
