What Movies Mean To Me: Gena Rowlands

Actress and Honorary Oscar winner Gena Rowlands (The Notebook, Gloria, A Woman Under the Influence) explains the impact that movies have had on her life.
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[@evenmore5868]

R.I.P Gena Rowlands, thankyou for all the wonderful movies

[@jm7804]

Gena is on that extremely short lists of great actresses for people who know movies and acting. She must've been a wonderful person to know in life.

[@susanhill149]

Gloria is free on KZbin right now. I will watch in her honor. 😢❤

[@katiescarlett5249]

What a powerful performance Gena Rowlands gave in Gloria. She was tough as nails, but fell in love with this little boy. An amazing actress. RIP

[@JuneLynn]

It's hard to believe that Gena has never won an Academy Award....she is truly one of the greats...I adore her ~

[@eamonndeane587]

As great an actress as Gena is, the majority of her films weren't considered considered mainstream enough to have Oscar campaigns to back up.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Exactly as Jodie Foster says it's an absolutely absurd lottery. Annette Bening, Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close not winning Oscars = hahaha to those fools of an "academy"

[@TheJazz61]

Who knows why....

[@caribeandude1]

True. It is mind boggling how some of the greats never get recognized with an Academy Award. Gena is one of them. Richard Burton is another.

[@paullemon5154]

@@theogoldberg8919 And then you have winners such as Halle Berry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sandra Bullock and Helen Hunt....and you go WHAT THE HELL?? There are many more I can add to this list but you get the drift.

[@Siulsr]

Being honest, she was the most outstanding actress of the second half of the 20th Century. And maybe, her role in A women under the influence is is the most perfect female performance in the history of cinema. Congratulations, Ms. Rowlands.

[@50shadesofShay.]

My favorite actress of all time

[@juancpgo]

John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands are the single most fascinating couple to me. What an adventurous life: they did what they fucking wanted to do without caring about the system or about what anybody else thought. And from that courage they opened doors and inspired the next generation. Also, it is so beautiful a couple that works together. His movies and her characters, after you watch them, become part of your growth and your soul. I didn’t have anyone to tell me: “trust your instincts” and “work hard for what you love and don’t loose time with nothing else”. It took me a good deal of time to discover these, but I'll certainly tell that to my children: hear others, grab information, but ultimately follow your instincts, because your sense of things is the only thing you have for certain, everything else could be not even real, your senses are really all you got.

[@johannwundersamer8026]

John cassavetes and gena Rowlands. At cypria. She was a howbro. And he was a nixnutz.

[@johannwundersamer8026]

He was an all American baseball nixnutz. Check it out.

[@greg1mcintosh844]

beautiful words. thank you

[@nensi1972]

❤🙏✨...

[@rosannavitale9922]

A superb artist.

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

God how i just love this woman. You are the Goat Gina Rowlands🏆🏆👑👑🎥🎥🎥🎥🎬🎬🎬🎬

[@mylindacasbarro777]

The people nominate Gena Rowland’s for an Academy Award for Acting!❤

[@ilovebarbra2]

I became a fan in 1980 after seeing "Gloria". it's still a favorite all time movie.

[@Soundofsilver2007]

Her performance in ‘Under The Influence’ is among the 5 best performances of any actor throughput the entire 70s.. It’s a shame she didn’t win her Oscar Nomination.

[@susanford2388]

I just love Gena Rowlands. Anything with her in whether film or tv show. Always worth watching

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

The first time I saw Gena Rowlands was in "A Child Is Waiting" with Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland . Burt played a man who ran a State Funded house for challenged children and Judy played a woman who just a position there . And Gena Rowlands played the mother of one of the children who had to stay there . Gena played maybe the most dramatic roles in the film . "A Child Is Waiting" is a heart wrenching true story that is not for everyone . I have watched everything that Gena Rowlands has done since then . I also like her husband she was married to at the time John Cassevettes . She was married to him until he passed away.

[@JanMike9]

Beautifully crafted movie, and tackles a very different movie subject, especially for the early 60's. Moving, funny, heart-breaking, and unforgettable.

[@ceciliagonzalez3013]

Gena Rowlands is truly one of America's greatest actresses. Her acting in "A Woman Under the Influence" is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, acting performance on film! Thank you for posting this video.

[@DestinyFilmWorks]

I wish more actresses were like her...she should be getting a real Academy Award..not some honorary award

[@vickilanger1228]

ICONIC IS WHAT GENA ROWLANDS IS 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@jimmyl324]

A Woman Under the Influence is a magnificent performance

[@martimusichannel]

She is the numero uno and so was John. Changed people lives. true american artists. Glory to them.

[@maried5085]

Love her!!!!!

[@nicolasschiavoni4248]

Gena you are great! We love you always

[@amourinaioane9633]

I liked her on the movie Notebook,such a sad but a beautiful romantic movie.

[@ARosethatBloomsinEarlyMay]

One of the best, underrated actresses of all time.

[@mattbernabe]

One of the greatest, underrated actresses we've ever had!

[@CAROLINA-gu2ls]

"When you feel loved, you're liable to do some of your better work" Thanks for all your wonderful work....you are trully an inspiration to me.

[@gaoshengcha3671]

I so enjoy Gena’s work and I love her as a person. Watching her, I feel like I grew up in the wrong era and I’m living in the wrong times. Gena, if you’re reading these comments, know that your kind spirit saved me in a big way! Love you to pieces.

[@manea7074]

Still can’t believe she didn’t win for A Women Under the Influence.

[@christophernewman8556]

I love her so much. Their sort of de-glam Hollywood is the most chic and glamorous some how. I would love to find the clip from broadway treasures where she talks about herself and Cassavetes both playing on Broadway and after the show they'd grab a quick bite and go to the movies until sunrise then go home sleep and do it again the next day. Just imagining all those Times Square theaters open all night and these two people taking in everything they see sounds like a great time. To be so enthusiastic about your craft and feeding off each other's passion sounds really exciting.

[@victoriajarvis2260]

Oh yes! I am so sorry you will never know what a gleaming, bright, colorful night world it was. Men and women were a different breed of people almost. The women were just one reason alone to walk through Times Square and Broadway at that time. Look at the photos of young Gena. There was a joy in being a woman then. And men were suited and groomed and even the least attractive man was elevated by the style and pace of life. What everyone has lost!

[@phspalace1021]

One of my favorite actress that none of my friends have heard of. Little they know, she has been in many movies and tv productions. She had a long life and leave a great body of work behind her. Sad news,she was outstanding. RIP legendary Gena Rowlands.

[@sorchamccarrey]

gena rowlands' performance in a woman under the influence is really meaningful to me as an actress with bipolar. best depiction i have ever seen of myself and many of my friends onscreen. a true artist

[@IncubusOfDeath]

I loved her in Gloria...she was/is so beautiful.....

[@amr_12_]

You should see Opening Night 1977, i spent almost an hour just to admire her beauty

[@foreverlost7407]

She was one bad ass in Gloria. Never forget the first time I watched her. She was definitely made for the part!!

[@jackie5046]

The greatest Hollywood couple ever. Love them both

[@mattdon2164]

Beautiful interview from one of the most beautiful and interesting individuals ever in the movie and tv business. What a talent!

[@Eugeniadella]

What a wonderful, wonderful lady...... down to earth, true to real things, not the celebrity crap..... not a single plastic surgery and her beauty shines through... ❤

[@JakesJoint2]

We were very lucky to mee Gena and Lady Rowlands and they are so very nice and very funny. Just an amazing couple, mother and daughter...

[@destroydate7887]

This is Lori Bach. Gena, your performances in the roles you play are astounding! "Hollywood" doesn't make movies the way you and your husband did!

[@SRSM198]

A brilliant actress, she is very underrated in the world of cinema , she is also a very beautiful woman.

[@user-ik1bk3go1e]

One of the greatest actors the world has ever produced!Magnificent and still stunning! I never missed a John Cassavetes film! Gena, John, Ben and Peter magic!

[@HewanYitagesu]

I can here her talk all day! she has such a soothing wise voice.

[@sabbathhead]

my God I adore her....one of the greatest artists of our time....

[@foxman4455]

She is such a good actress!!!!! For those who didn't see Woman under the influence, you're missing brilliance

[@thatguy20861]

I would love to read a memoir by Gena that encompasses everything....her life, marriage, the films she did (all with her husband and beyond). It would serve as probably the greatest document on both her and John Cassevetes' careers.

[@PechilvrsPreciousPeepsNursery]

Loved her in Gloria and loved her in Paulie!

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

Who the hell has the gut to dislike this video?

[@patrickleahey4574]

Nightmare on Troll Street.

[@michaelfrye9384]

"Who the fuck are you?!" :p

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

WHAT A WONDERFUL ACTRESS GENA ROWLANDS IS!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hotlicksrhetoric9658]

This is the most eloquent description of what Keats called "negative capability" that I have ever heard. Beautiful.

[@franhart7414]

Gena Rowland is my all time favorite actress, always and forever. Love you to the moon beautiful Gena 🙏

[@thierrydevant7690]

Loved her in Strangers with Bette Davis, great movie.

[@ellasaraharetha]

Gena was a beauty and an actress with such presence that you couldn't take your eyes off her. Some actresses have it. I call it magic. Even in this interview she looks lovely. What a great loss! But she left a tremendous legacy.

[@galepatrick1702]

Just a lovely person- and a wonderful actress- gem of a glimpse into her being-

[@joanndegiorgio647]

Gena and John we're a gorgeous couple! She's beautiful inside and out!!

[@lisagialucci2296]

Gena is so talented.

[@zcdel9192]

Love this lady. Her talent unequaled. She has the most beautiful hair i have ever seen on a woman.

[@Jehovahsway]

She was a great actress especially in A woman of influence and I enjoyed her in Skelton key . Like Gena Bette Davis was my all time favourite actress. She sadly died at 94 yesterday August 14th 2024 ❤

[@rabbieburns2501]

Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence is possibly the greatest female acting performance I've ever seen

[@KawakebAstra]

love Gena Rowlands.. great interview but sad audio too low .. straining to hear.. the music makes it worse.. turning on transcripts but degrades the viewing experience 😿

[@kathleensilva2414]

She was great in The Skeleton Key

[@robertluciano4066]

Hope floats will always be the first gena movie I loved n my number one fav. That one scene makes me cry still to this day

[@ManuelGuzman067]

Loved her in the film Gloria great performance.

[@orlandobabe]

There is one movie I saw of hers a long time ago but it was a TV movie about women held prison by the Japanese during WWII .

[@zanzini3968]

Fantastic women ¡¡ incredible actress¡¡

[@glamdolly30]

An amazing, exciting, charismatic, fabulous, frightening, astonishing, superb, scintillating INCREDIBLE actress and woman!

[@markdorais2846]

Beautiful, talented, smart, and FABULOUS Lady 🌸✨👍💛

[@susanhill149]

Bye Gena thanks for the wonderful roles you played. I just watched her in “Six lessons in six weeks” and it’s a good movie but she was great as always. Sassy and strong no bs I loved her in it. Rest with the angels now sweet lady 🙏

[@Steveberg54]

Greatest living American actress.

[@alejandrosandoval9915]

One of the greats.

[@gailwagner8115]

Watching this knowing she left us today... ❤😢

[@Teezer44]

She's the greatest American actress alive.

[@proovemewrong]

You haven't seen Tatiana Maslany yet.

[@itchytooth]

Tatiana Maslany is Canadian.

[@proovemewrong]

Continent :-)

[@Belfastboi]

I wish this was hours and hours longer ❤️

[@mariepanic2]

I love this woman Gena Rowlands !

[@arnaldoiannotta2092]

Thanks Gena for what you left to us. We'll treasure your amazing work. Incredible woman superb Artist. Never forgotten SEMPRE VIVA ❤ 🌹

[@user-fi1kt1tj2h]

one of the best actresses ever! and a sweet human being :)

[@konstantinap3033]

Beautiful lady and great actress 🌹💖

[@domsdanny4402]

My favorite actress of all time!! Love all her movies, also the tv movies she made!! And she's a natural beauty !!

[@9traktor]

Man, what a great woman...!

[@oriethompson]

When I see her on screen I am in awe!!

[@RodAllenCandelario-qz9jm]

Rest in Peace my legend grandma, Gena Rowlands i love you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidsanderson5918]

I'm SO glad she chose to focus on A Woman Under The Influence. Her performance in Opening Night is every bit as strong but AWUTI is the one that means most to me because of personal family experiences. So much so, I wrote to her just recently to tell her so! It's a truly brilliant piece of work that I don't think any other actress on the planet could've matched. Have to say, I would've preferred this without the saccharine piano track. It doesn't suit Gena and her work at all. But hey, it's good quality besides that. :)

[@ms55938]

I adore this woman!

[@ted1091]

A true genius as an actress. And a loving person. Her performance in An Early Frost was brilliant

[@Landrew120880]

There are several outside projects that Gena & John participated in, which are just excellent. Paul Mazursky’s “Tempest” is among the very best. The music, scenery and dialogue represent the best of what a filmmaker produces.. John starred in a highly underrated film called “Marvin And Tige” with Gibron Brown. To add one more for Gena, see “Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter” with Bette Davis. It is here on KZbin. Thank you for this interview.

[@johannwundersamer8026]

Gena Rowlands, your the latest and the greatest of them all

[@theogoldberg8919]

Three words for this great Lady : POISE, DIGNITY, INTELLIGENCE

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

She's been great in every role. I just saw her in an episode of Bonanza and she was wonderful!

[@KatesFree]

She really is my favorite actress of all time.

[@patrickleahey4574]

I am here because of what Michael Ventura said about her and acting, in general, in the book that he did with the great Jungian James Hillman: One Hundred Years of Psychotherapy and the World is Worse. I am stunned and surprised at her depth. I have become so lulled by the avalanche of schtick that I have all but stopped expecting and searching for artistry in movies. Thank you.

[@Jebbie1976]

A stunningly beautiful woman & just a phenomenal actress. Go with God Gena. Thanks for the memories.💔

[@miyan6822]

Eine wahrhaft tolle Frau

[@MsRobbie59]

What a dynamic beautiful lady

[@doloresrivinius1046]

Great Actress love and respect her and her art. Always poised and always gave a good performance God Bless her.

[@sergiob8873]

Amazing actress.

[@InFltSvc]

She was a beautiful women inside and out. She had class !

[@pietrob7420]

*woman

[@oilda1926]

Absolutely Bad Ass in Gloria 1980. My favorite tough female lead of all time.

[@JS45678]

Amen Brother!! 🙏

[@Kung.Pao.Kitty.]

Rest in Peace ❤️

[@JerjerB]

We will miss you, Gena.

[@9traktor]

A truly great lady!

[@RSchraa]

She was one of the best

[@b.victoradams9346]

Is...

[@marcellacasey1324]

Viva Gena Rowlands♦️

[@sugarlove]

I knew she would love Bette Davis. Great great actress just like you Miss Rowlands❤️❤️❤️❤️🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@paulhorn27]

Outstanding talent and ability, and a beautiful soul.

[@williamhill7183]

Well said from a Beauty now and then !!