Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.

- Karen Allen

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.

- Karen Allen

When I was in my 20s and 30s, there was such a variety and diversity of types of films that you could see. So many of them were really more about the…

- Karen Allen

Sometimes I think candor is the only kindness.

- Karen Allen

Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I lo…

- Karen Allen

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

- Karen Allen

Scripts are kind of a bare bones type of reading material.

- Karen Allen

If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you pos…

- Karen Allen

I was so lucky. I was very broke and I was taking classes at Lee Strasberg's Institute and I saw a 3 X 5 index card on the bulletin board advertising…

- Karen Allen