I have a one-track mind. That's all that I'm interested in - love. And the lack of it. When it stops.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a singular focus on love and its significance in life.
John Cassavetes emphasizes that love is the central concern of his existence. He suggests that all other aspects of life are secondary to the experience of love and the pain associated with its absence, highlighting its paramount role in human emotions and relationships.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of love in our lives.
I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em. I like the feel of it and it's something I respect. It doesn't make any difference whether it's a crappy film or a good film. Anyone who can make a film, I already love. But I feel sorry if they don't put any thought in it because then they missed the boat.
There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining, you know. I try to use them generously in my films.
My parents allowed their two sons to be individuals. My family was a wild and wonderful place, with lots of friends and neighbors visiting and talking loud and eating loud and nobody telling the children to be quiet or putting them down.
There's a difference between ad-libbing and improvising. And there's a difference between not knowing what to do and just saying something. Or making choices as an actor. As a writer also, as a person who's making a film, as a cameraman, everything is a choice. And it seems to me I don't really have to direct anyone or write down that somebody's getting drunk; all I have to do is say that there's a bottle there and put a bottle there and then they're going to get drunk.
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.
Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?
The best way to know God is to love many things.
I give her sadness and the gift of pain,_x000D_ _x000D_ a new moon madness and a love of rain.
She wants to know if I love her, that's all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there, like new batteries in the flashlight in the emergency kit in the hall closet.
Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish.
People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly.' You can know every single ingredient in a piece of chocolate cake, and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds _x000D_ _x000D_ Admit impediments: love is not love _x000D_ _x000D_ Which alters when it alteration finds.
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