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Shirley Knight

(1936–2020) Television Actor United States

22 quotes in 116 categories

Shirley Knight was a television actor from the United States, best known for The young man from Atlanta.

Quick Facts About Shirley Knight

Born: July 5, 1936
Died: April 22, 2020
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: The young man from Atlanta
Spouse: Gene Persson

About Shirley Knight

Shirley Enola Knight Hopkins was an American actress, active in theatre, film, and television from the 1960s through the 2010s. She was a two-time Oscar nominee, a three-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, and a Golden Globe and Tony Award winner, among other accolades.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Volpi Cup for Best Actress Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Quotes by Shirley Knight

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you…

Actors

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There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

Art

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There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your…

Children

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My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to…

Be good

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I took individual photographs of Annie Liebovitz, I kept taking her picture.

Annie

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There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

Kansas

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I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

Cinema

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So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

Budgets

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I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

Appear

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Hollywood - that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

Academy

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The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends.

Certain

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It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

Accidents

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My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

Acting

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I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

Cinema

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I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

Agents

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Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.

Actors

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Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

Men

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I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

Book

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When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles.…

Best time

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They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take…

Annie

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The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

Caring

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This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up…

Dream

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