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Zoe Cassavetes Biography

Film director

Zoe Cassavetes, born on June 29, 1970, is an American film director known for her unique narrative style and profound exploration of the human psyche in her works.

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“I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.”

Knows Writing

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“I work hard and support myself.”

Hard Support Hard Work

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“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.”

Looks Subjects Pressure Actresses Insane Fascinated

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“The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.”

Looks Culture Ready Demand Cameras All Time Headlines Demeaning Celebrity Culture

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“Actresses feel immense pressure to keep up. Nobody wants someone who doesn't know how to market themselves.”

Knows Want Feels Know How Pressure Actresses Immense

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“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.”

Trying Hard Enough Stories Age Moving Judging Fit Horror Crosses Actresses Frustrating Gorgeous Horror Stories

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“I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.”

Would Be Age Roles Directors Casts Appropriate

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“It was fun to create characters who had truth to them but were also made up so as not to completely offend!”

Made Character Fun

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“When you create, it comes from this deep part of you, and your job is you, and so when you don't get heard it can feel bad and frustrating and you have to somehow keep the confidence up.”

Feels Jobs Heard Frustrating

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“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.”

People Ifs Way Matter Hard Shows Able Choices Lucky

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“I wouldn't say that I was an actress. I tried to be an actress. I really didn't have the gift.”

Actresses

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“If you are the writer/director especially, no one cares more about the project than you do. You know it in and out. You created it. So always listen to input but don't be afraid to veto and fight decisions that you know instinctively are wrong.”

Ifs Knows Care Fighting Decision Directors Projects Do You Know Input No One Cares Veto

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“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.”

Thinking Writing Hard Inspiration Mother Stuff Watches Daughter Edges Humiliating Mother Daughter Postcards Mother Daughter Relationship

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“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.”

Trying Past Crazy Models Sticks Treated Prime Going Crazy

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“Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.”

Knows Want Hard Might Views Directors Jokes What You Want Filmmaking

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About the Author

Born: June 29, 1970
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 15

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