As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

In total he directed five episodes of the series which also features a guest appearance by his wife Gena Rowlands. ) Film International Issue 22 Vol.

Nick Cassavetes is his son. Cassevetes was also a pioneer of American independent film by writing and directing over a dozen movies which he financed in part with his Hollywood paychecks and which pioneered the use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style.