Carol Kane Quotes

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

- Carol Kane

Doing, Other, Checking, Great Stuff

'Hester Street' was my most complete character study, but 'Annie Hall' and 'The Last Detail' were also great.

- Carol Kane

Study, Last, Hall, Annie

While filming 'Annie Hall,' I never really hung out with Woody Allen.

- Carol Kane

Never, Filming, Allen, Annie

If they give you good words to say, and you don't get in the way of them, you'll be OK.

- Carol Kane

Give, Get, Good Words, OK

And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right.

- Carol Kane

Doing, Another, Mike, Carnal

Buses and subways are this remarkable social club. You talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to.

- Carol Kane

Remarkable, Social, Buses, Normally

New York, to me, even though I grew up here, there's something magical about it. I remember, every time I used to go to L.A. for work, when I'd come back and get off the plane and be driving towards the landscape of the city, I'd be beside myself with joy. It doesn't matter how many times!

- Carol Kane

I Remember, Here, Plane, Beside

As I get older, I start to look back at the field that I've crossed and realize that it was a mine field.

- Carol Kane

Field, Get, Mine, Crossed

I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.

- Carol Kane

Work, Good, Like, Dissecting

In high school, I did the 'The Tempest' at Lincoln Center for Joe Papp.

- Carol Kane

School, High, Joe, Tempest

I didn't know I wanted to go into entertainment, but I knew I wanted to be on stage when I was about seven. I saw a play, like most kids do, at a children's theater in Cleveland, and I just saw them up there, and I thought, 'that's where I want to be.'

- Carol Kane

Thought, Play, Entertainment, Cleveland

There are directors who don't cast you for the way you act but for the way you are, the way you behave around the dinner table.

- Carol Kane

Dinner, Around, Directors, Table

I am a very simple cook, I just do the minimum amount. I'm mostly a vegetarian, so I just steam a lot of vegetables.

- Carol Kane

Very, Amount, Mostly, Steam

A goal of mine is to try and be as real as possible. To try and not comment on the work I'm doing but just do it.

- Carol Kane

Goal, Doing, Mine, Comment

The thing about the four-camera shows is that it's kind of a great combo of theater and film. You have an audience, but you have a camera to capture things, so that's a great thing, too.

- Carol Kane

Kind, Audience, About, Camera

People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

- Carol Kane

People, Theater, Interested, Minority

I know that I'm in the minority to be able to keep working all these years. But I want more!

- Carol Kane

More, Keep, Able, Minority

I think therapy can be very revealing and useful for actors. You start to dig deep and understand certain mechanisms that you hadn't been aware of before and, you know, meanings behind things.

- Carol Kane

Think, Behind, Very, Meanings

When I had my dogs, I used to spend a lot of time in Central Park, which is a great place to be alone among a lot of people.

- Carol Kane

Great Place, Had, Which, Central Park

Sometimes every single element of a character is a torturous discovery.

- Carol Kane

Character, Discovery, Single, Element

If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.

- Carol Kane

Science, Capabilities, Would, Vet

You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.

- Carol Kane

Good, Writing, Lot, Fake

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.

- Carol Kane

Director, Prepared, Suffers, Shoot

All of my films have changed my life. I've met so many people and broadened my world view.

- Carol Kane

My Life, Films, Broadened, So Many People

I guess I'm lucky in that I started working very young in all three of the mediums. I started in stage first, and then I moved into film, also very young, and when I did 'Taxi,' for instance, it was live in front of an audience but also filmed; that was a fun combination.

- Carol Kane

Lucky, Very, Instance, Mediums

All of our ancestors came from somewhere.

- Carol Kane

Somewhere, Came, Our, Ancestors

This is a grueling profession. Either you can't get work, or you can't get certain kinds of parts, or you get a part, and it kills you because it's not good enough, or you get successful and feel guilty about it.

- Carol Kane

Work, Profession, Part, Grueling

I've been lucky in my career. I've worked with some of the greatest filmmakers and actors around. I'm so proud of some of my work.

- Carol Kane

Lucky, Some, Been, Filmmakers

I like the full spectrum of roles.

- Carol Kane

Like, Full, Roles, Spectrum

When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.

- Carol Kane

Play, Big, Cast, Legitimate

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

- Carol Kane

Other, General, Oscar, Recognizable

I think most actors are very impressionable, and that's part of what we do is soak up other's behavior.

- Carol Kane

Think, Other, Very, Soak

It's totally mystifying to me how anyone could have canceled 'Taxi.' I don't understand it because that stuff is rare.

- Carol Kane

Understand, How, Could, Taxi

'Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.

- Carol Kane

Comedy, Big, Made, Taxi

This profession has no rhythm to it - you're either busy enough to fall down, or nothing's happening!

- Carol Kane

Fall, Profession, Either, Happening

I took parts that either I was offered or felt I could do a good job with.

- Carol Kane

Either, Took, Offered, Parts

I want to be Geraldine Page; I want to be one of the greats.

- Carol Kane

Want, Page, Greats

My preference is for really good writing, and I just really don't care where it is.

- Carol Kane

Writing, Good Writing, Where, Preference

'Hester Street' was an incredible opportunity for me. That script was such an incredible script.

- Carol Kane

Me, Street, Incredible, Script

I was this extremely dramatic actress. And then, suddenly, I was doing comedy.

- Carol Kane

Doing, Actress, Extremely, Suddenly

I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.

- Carol Kane

Work, Never, Know, Pack

In my experience, each project is what it is, and nothing is necessarily a turning point.

- Carol Kane

Nothing, Turning Point, Turning

In my job, I worry a lot and try and stay calm and open. It sometimes works.

- Carol Kane

Worry, Calm, Lot, Stay Calm

For very few people is there a time when you, quote unquote, make it.

- Carol Kane

Few, Very, Few People, Quote

There's nothing obvious or predictable in acting. That's what it means to be in this profession.

- Carol Kane

Nothing, Profession, Means, Obvious

Life is very cyclical. And my career has been very-high-very-low, very-high-very-low, and I think it'll probably keep on rolling that way.

- Carol Kane

Career, Think, Very, Rolling

If I had not made strategic choices, I would have had far more access to dramatic roles. But the one thing I don't regret, even about bad choices, is that there's always something you can get out of it.

- Carol Kane

Bad Choices, Bad, Access, Dramatic

I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.

- Carol Kane

Young, Started, Actress, Dramatic

I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.

- Carol Kane

Like, Sure, While, Performance

There is no restaurant anywhere in the world where I have been that I haven't been able to find something to eat.

- Carol Kane

World, Find, Been, Restaurant

I try to construct some kind of backstory for my character so that I have an idea of the life of that character - not just from the moment when the scene starts, but from before.

- Carol Kane

Kind, Some, Before, Starts

My first movie was with Mike Nichols.

- Carol Kane

Movie, First, Mike

It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.

- Carol Kane

Comedy, Lucky, Like, Drama

I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama.

- Carol Kane

Think, Comedy, I Think, Drama

I make my relationships at work.

- Carol Kane

Work, Make, Relationships

I didn't decide to be a character actress.

- Carol Kane

Character, Actress, Decide

I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.

- Carol Kane

I Am, My Own, Like, Commodity

I always wanted to be a good actress and a serious actress. I wasn't in the profession to, quote-unquote, meet the stars.

- Carol Kane

Always, Profession, Wanted, Actress

I'm one of those people that if I go to a party, I can't remember my mother's name because I'm so nervous in a social situation.

- Carol Kane

People, Go, Social, Nervous

I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.

- Carol Kane

Should, Pass, Along, Grasp

It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

- Carol Kane

Emotional, Achieve, Which, Regulate

You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done.

- Carol Kane

Bad, Say, Almost, Good Writing

I just love the black and white movies.

- Carol Kane

Love, Movies, White, Black And White

It's very hard to remain a student in life.

- Carol Kane

Student, Hard, Very, Remain

I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.

- Carol Kane

Done, Some, Things, Regret

I have fun at work.

- Carol Kane

Work, Fun, Have Fun

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

- Carol Kane

Work, My Life, Most, Nourishing

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

- Carol Kane

Director, Certainly, Important Thing

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