Karen Allen Quotes

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• You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I…
• I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of…
• I'm about as healthy as a person can be. I quit smoking seven or eight years ago.
• Sometimes I think candor is the only kindness.
• Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
• I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll…
• There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.
• The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It's nice to go see a film and…
• People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
• Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.
• If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
• I feel as though I would be delighted to come back into working in the film world, and working in the theater world again. I'm…
• I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I…
• A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.
• I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to…
• I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
• I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
• I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do…
• I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my…
• Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in…

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