Ben Gazzara

format_quote I turned down so many movies because I was idealistic. I was so pure. I didn't really take advantage of the opportunities. If I had the same chances today I would take them all because you never know where it will lead.

format_quote "I turned down so many movies because I was idealistic. I was so pure. I didn't really take advantage of the opportunities. If I had the same chances today I would take them all because you never know where it will lead."

stars  Shared a "purist's" approach to acting and choosing roles with "Road House" co-star Sam Elliott.

stars  (April 2006) Appearing on Broadway in a revival of Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing".

stars  Shared a "purist's" approach to acting and choosing roles with Road House (1989) co-star Sam Elliott.

stars  Attended NYC's famed Stuyvesant High School.

stars  He and his good friend John Cassavetes made 5 movies together: Husbands (1970), Capone (1975), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), Opening Night (1977) and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)