Alexandra Cassavetes Quotes

I think at its most mature, love is a very bourgeois state. There is something about luxuriating in the nest of love that people fall into naturally.

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

I don't know about relationships. Maybe I'm supposed to travel and make films and meet people and have adventures instead.

Love is a component of many different things - the baggage you bring, the moment, what you need in your life, seeing someone as a portal for understanding everything, and all the intensity that brings. It's not something to count on and act like it's a stable thing.

I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!

I feel too strongly about rearranging reality in a movie. It gives me peace.

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.

I just want to make something that is true to itself and that interests me; otherwise, how can I have the audacity to think it's going to interest anybody else?

I went to this Episcopalian school, and one day I came home and asked my mom, 'What religion are we?' She looked at me and said, 'We're artists.'

I tell myself, 'If I can wake up each day and be excited about what I'm doing, then I must be happy.' But then again, maybe I'm in denial.

My taste in films doesn't lead financers to think they are going to make a zillion dollars.