Opening Night

Opening Night is a 1977 drama film about an actress who suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.
 * Written and directed by John Cassavetes.

Maurice Aarons

 * I thought that small talk was too small, I thought big talk was too pretentious, I thought music was noise, and I thought art was bullshit.

Other

 * Bobby: I've seen a lot of drunks in my day, but I never seen anyone as drunk as you and still be able to walk. You're fantastic.

Dialogue

 * Nancy Stein: I never bothered you. You want to kill me. I devoted my life to you. To movies, to music, to theatre. I'm 17 years old. I like sex. I like to turn people on. And that's what the theatre is: sex. It's like getting laid.
 * Myrtle Gordon: Um, what did you do to her?


 * Sarah Goode: Just please tell me what this play doesn't express.
 * Myrtle Gordon: Hope.


 * Maurice Aarons: You're not a woman to me anymore. You're a professional. You don't care about anything, do you? You don't care about personal relationships, love, sex, affection.
 * Myrtle Gordon: Okay.
 * Maurice Aarons: I have a small part. It's unsympathetic. The audience doesn't like me. I can't afford to be in love with you.
 * Myrtle Gordon: Good night.
 * Maurice Aarons: Yeah, good night.

Cast

 * Gena Rowlands - Myrtle Gordon
 * Ben Gazzara - Manny Victor
 * Joan Blondell - Sarah Goode
 * Paul Stewart - David Samuels
 * Zohra Lampert - Dorothy Victor
 * John Cassavetes - Maurice Aarons
 * Laura Johnson - Nancy Stein
 * Lady Rowlands - Melva Drake