All quotations and phrases said by Gena Rowlands including famous quotes

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

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And now both of my daughters - one is making a documentary and the other is about to start her independent movie, too.
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But you base everything on people you know.
-- Gena Rowlands

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Getting a good role is hard for anyone.
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I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to.
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I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking.
-- Gena Rowlands

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I like subtitles. Sometimes I wish all movies had subtitles.
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I like to think that Mrs. Asher is a lot stranger mother than I am. I hope that that's true. She's one of the strangest characters I've ever played.
-- Gena Rowlands

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

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I never look at my past work, movies or anything, because you can run them in your mind, every movie you've been in.
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It was when A Woman Under the Influence played at the New York Film Festival. It would be hard to top that. It was one of the most extraordinary nights of my life.
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People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.
-- Gena Rowlands

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The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become an actress. But it really is. It's a pleasure to go and exchange your identity.
-- Gena Rowlands

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