I was a little ham and was a very open kid, probably because I was around adults all the time. That also forced me to grow up fast, and I learned at an early age about how people lie and deceive each other. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
I was born in Detroit, then shortly after I was born, I went on the road with my mother, who performed with Minsky’s, a variety show that toured around the U.S. doing five shows a day. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
I’ve had people ask me to come and work for them. I went to Vienna and did three scenes in a movie for a guy that I met at a retrospective of Cassavetes films. It’s a great way to travel, to meet people, to see different countries and cultures. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
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. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
My mother worked in the old Minsky’s troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
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. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
I wait for something good or something that will be fun. But they’ve got to pay me if they want me to work. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
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. Seymour Cassel Read Quote
