Shirley Knight Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Shirley Knight:

They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#3e277417

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#002ac0c4

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#5bfbb2fe

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#c74d86e4

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. Then you reach 50 and there are more roles again. Mother parts.
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#88f30b09

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about.
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#5f7502de

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#69d48a3a

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#42fc754c

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#df50109c

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#58c2e4e7

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#96fb67ae

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#7c8bd6f5

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#7a369f0e

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#c691edd7

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#089187f4

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#4cdd8a7a

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.
~Shirley Knight


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#17803cea

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me.
~Shirley Knight


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#fbae5c8c

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#722829d3

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/shirley-knight-quotes/#ff656948

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