He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.
It was a period when live TV was just starting and getting popular and they took it seriously too. Not so much like TV now. They did [Ernst] Hemingway and [William] Faulkner - and they're all wonderful artists and it just was very creative at that time.
Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].