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

Fear is a weapon of mass destruction. — Dennis Kucinich

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

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

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

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

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

But you base everything on people you know. — Gena Rowlands

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others. — Napoleon Hill

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

Warriors don't get weary, troops do. — T.F. Hodge

A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action. — Edward Hirsch

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

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

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

Use your struggles as fuel to enrich your life, and psych your spirit into having fun. — C.C. Wyatt

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

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

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

If you have form'd a Circle to go into, / Go into it yourself & see how you would do. — William Blake

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

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

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

I don't do ski racing to be famous. — Ted Ligety

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

Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary. — Dakota Johnson

You look at people like Gena Rowlands, but she had [John] Cassavetes to write these amazing roles for her. — Winona Ryder

I like subtitles. Sometimes I wish all movies had subtitles. — Gena Rowlands

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

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

A true poet is one who can appreciate the disciplines and structures of any and all styles of poetry. — David J. Delaney

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

Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions. — H.P. Lovecraft

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

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

I'm fortunate enough not to be poor, and I'm not a bad tipper. — Shepard Smith