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Gena Rowlands quotes: I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to.

I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to.

Gena Rowlands quotes: When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

Gena Rowlands quotes: Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.

I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so exciting and new.

Gena Rowlands quotes: Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

Gena Rowlands quotes: But you base everything on people you know.

But you base everything on people you know.

Gena Rowlands quotes: After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

After you play a part, you think of it as your own.

Gena Rowlands quotes: A Woman Under the Influence was my favorite. I loved doing that. And it was challenging.

A Woman Under the Influence was my favorite. I loved doing that. And it was challenging.

Gena Rowlands quotes: He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.

Gena Rowlands quotes: Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

Gena Rowlands quotes: I loved Bette Davis when I was little and when I was big and when I got old.

I loved Bette Davis when I was little and when I was big and when I got old.

Gena Rowlands quotes: Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I like subtitles. Sometimes I wish all movies had subtitles.

I like subtitles. Sometimes I wish all movies had subtitles.

Gena Rowlands quotes: You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.

I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

Gena Rowlands quotes: So after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.

So after the Shadows he acted and directed. And it worked out very nicely. And he wrote, obviously.

Gena Rowlands quotes: If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

Gena Rowlands quotes: Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

Gena Rowlands quotes: People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

Gena Rowlands quotes: I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking.

I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking.