Karen Allen

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

— Karen Allen

#eventually #flaws #friends #love #lovers

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. ↗

— Karen Allen

#born #doing #done #go #hard

A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest. ↗

— Karen Allen

#been #film #i #interest #los

I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other. ↗

— Karen Allen

#character #close #completely #conceal #different

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

— Karen Allen

#defined #i #like #necessarily #profession

I feel as though I would be delighted to come back into working in the film world, and working in the theater world again. I'm just gonna see what happens. ↗

— Karen Allen

#back #come #delighted #feel #film

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent. ↗

— Karen Allen

#felt #had #i #independent #just

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.' ↗

— Karen Allen

#child #continue #his way #i #life

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? ↗

— Karen Allen

#creative #day #every #every day #fascinating

I'm about as healthy as a person can be. I quit smoking seven or eight years ago. ↗

— Karen Allen

#ago #eight #healthy #i #i quit