” 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. “
” I’ve always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I’ll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life. “
” I said to myself, ‘I’ve waited a long time in my life to have a child, and I’m missing it, I want to continue to have a career, but not this way. “
” I find myself really feeling like it’s possible that maybe the greater contribution I’m going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know? “
” My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn’t want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations. “
” I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen? “
” If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life. “
” I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent. “
All 8 Karen Allen Quotes about Life in picture
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