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“I'm always surprised when people say, "Oh, it got such mixed reviews." I guess I didn't read them.”

Karen Allen

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My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on…

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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna…

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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.

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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.

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I watch many, many, many independent films every year that you see once in a film festival and they're never heard of ever again.…

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As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to…

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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.

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Unfortunately, I feel as actors we have to fight for the right to really go in as many directions as possible.

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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…

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When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually…

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There is a difference when you work with actors who have worked on the stage. When we're out there in front of an audience…

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