Nick Cassavetes - biography

“I like to give my actors a lot of room.”

“My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work.  The foremost thing I would say about working with Robin and Sean is that they were devoted to this project and devoted to their characters.  You can’t ask for any more from talented actors like that.”

“We do have a problem in this country.  You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we’re living in.  You know this - the movie lives in this - it’s centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it.”

“Well, I think that people are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life.”

“My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease.  For the past thirteen years, she’s had four major heart surgeries.  She’s a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life.”

“On my 17th birthday, my mother gave me a set of luggage.  ‘What’s that for?’ She said: ‘Guess.’ And I moved out right away.”

“When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.”

“You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday.”

Nick Cassavetes directed the following films:
Unhook the Stars (1996)
She’s So Lovely (1997)
John Q (2002)
The Notebook (2004)
Alpha Dog (2006)
My Sister’s Keeper (2009)


Nick Cassavetes contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Unhook the Stars (1996)
She’s So Lovely (1997)
Blow (2001)
Whatever We Do (2003)
Alpha Dog (2006)
My Sister’s Keeper (2009)


Nick Cassavetes has appeared in the following films:
Whatever We Do (2003)
Black Moon Rising (1986)
Blind Fury (1989)
Backstreet Dreams (1990)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
The Independent (2000)
The Hangover Part II (2011)