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

- Shirley Knight

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

- 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 n…

- Shirley Knight

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 mor…

- Shirley Knight

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

- Shirley Knight

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

- Shirley Knight

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

- Shirley Knight

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

- 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 get lost, an…

- Shirley Knight