Top 20 Quotes by Shirley Knight

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

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

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

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

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

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.

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.

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.

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about.