“Caregivers of those with a traumatic brain injury had their blood pressure recorded at certain time of day -- at meals and during other activities, .. The blood pressure of the people who had adopted the pets went down dramatically.” PeopleCertainBrainBloodActivityPressureMealsInjuryPetAdoptedBlood PressureCaregiversTime Of DayBrain InjuryTraumatic Brain Injury Author:Karen Allen
“When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually in theaters, it's extraordinary. And it doesn't happen that often.” PeopleHappensFilmLevelsBreakTheaterIndependentExtraordinaryMainstreamBreak ThroughIndependent Film Author:Karen Allen
“When I was in my 20s and 30s, there was such a variety and diversity of types of films that you could see. So many of them were really more about the human condition and about relationships between people, and they were smaller films that had a much greater impact on me as a human being.” PeopleHumansFilmHuman BeingsGreaterConditionsTypeDiversityImpactVarietyHuman Condition Author:Karen Allen
“I'm always surprised when people say, "Oh, it got such mixed reviews." I guess I didn't read them.” PeopleReviews Author:Karen Allen
“I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for a month on a script in the isolation of a room and really deeply delving into who are these people, what is the story we're telling, how do we want to tell it?” PeopleThinkingWantRealStoriesRoomsMonthsDirectorsAspectTheaterScriptsIsolationReal BeautyReally DeepDelving Author:Karen Allen
“I've had so many people just come up to me and say, 'When you came up on the screen, everybody in the theater applauded.' It's just so sweet, really.” PeopleSweetTheaterCome UpScreens Author:Karen Allen
“Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.” PeopleLoversFlawsFriend Love Author:Karen Allen
“People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.” PeopleMenWantCastsMature Author:Karen Allen
“As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.” PeopleFilmLeftInterestingActingTroubleIndependentVery InterestingIndependent FilmBlockbusterRaising Money Author:Karen Allen
