American - Actor | January 22, 1935 -
It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work.
Seymour Cassel
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Many people came out and said, 'Boy I'd love to make a film that way.' Well, borrow some money, get some people together - you can get people to work for nothing, just treat them right, treat them as human beings, not stars, give them all an equal share, make them feel a part of what they're doing. There's no big secret to it.
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Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films. It's collective thought.
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With independent film, simply because they don't have the money to make a big-budget film, they're forced to make a story that's important to them, that they would like to see on film, a personal story that people can relate to, about people, where you can see the love of the characters.
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I wait for something good or something that will be fun. But they've got to pay me if they want me to work.
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I am a performer; that's what I like to do.
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It's all performing; that's what we do in life. We talk, we look, and we hear, and we listen. Your life is a performance.
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The people who know my work like my work. And that's great.
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All I ever cared about was actors - toughest job in this business.
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My mother worked in the old Minsky's troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre.
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As a kid, I remember wearing a checkered suit and appearing on-stage in the routines worked out by the 'baggy pants' comedians.
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I always go in with the feeling that I'm gonna have a good time in what I'm doing. I entertain myself when I perform. If I do that, then I can see the other performers enjoying my character.
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