John Cassavetes - biography

“As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.”

“The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to.  As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.  You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.”

“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the man-child alive.”

“Don’t be afraid of anything.”

“I don’t like to be entertained.”

“You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.”

John Cassavetes directed the following films:
Shadows (1959)
Too Late Blues (1961)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Faces (1968)
Husbands (1970)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Opening Night (1977)
Love Streams (1984)
Big Trouble (1986)


John Cassavetes has appeared in the following films:
Fourteen Hours (1951)
The Night Holds Terror (1955)
Crime in the Streets (1956)
Edge of the City (1957)
Affair in Havana (1957)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Virgin Island (1958)
The Webster Boy (1962)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
The Killers (1964)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Devil’s Angels (1967)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
The Violent Four (1968)
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Husbands (1970)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
Capone (1975)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Heroes (1977)
Opening Night (1977)
Brass Target (1978)
The Fury (1978)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Incubus (1982)
Tempest (1982)
Marvin & Tige (1983)
Fräulein Berlin (1984)
Love Streams (1984)


John Cassavetes contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Shadows (1959)
Too Late Blues (1961)
Faces (1968)
Husbands (1970)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Opening Night (1977)
Love Streams (1984)