Shirley Knight Quotes

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

- Shirley Knight

Her, Individual, Took, Annie

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

Thought, Fair, Vanity Fair, Annie

Men are allowed to get older and women are not.

- Shirley Knight

Men, Get, Allowed, Women Are

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

- Shirley Knight

Love, Caring, Director, Great Director

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

- Shirley Knight

New, Television, Films, La

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

- Shirley Knight

Women, Only, Certain Things, Girlfriends

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

- Shirley Knight

Book, Writing, Show, One-Woman

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

- Shirley Knight

Place, You, Act, Kansas

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

- Shirley Knight

Career, Through, Pull, Acting Career

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

- Shirley Knight

Reach, Level, Film Actors, Certain Level

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

- Shirley Knight

Love, Like, Occasional, Odd

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

- Shirley Knight

Wonderful, Actor, Hopkins, Tony

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

- Shirley Knight

Own, Hollywood, Directors, Dollar

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

- Shirley Knight

Character, Me, Things, Appear

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

- Shirley Knight

Part, Up, Agent, Gates

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

Study, Here, Gardens, Pool

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

Goal, Famous, New, Required

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

Family, Mother, Children, Mother And Father

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

Woman, Reach, Films, Best Time

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