Karen Allen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.”

“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 my life.”

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

“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.”

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

“There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.”

“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 show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.”

“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 just gonna see what happens.”

“I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?”

“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 ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York.”