“You want to move into worlds you've never been in before. It would be like going to the same restaurant all the time or going to the same place for vacation all the time. Where is the adventure in that?” WorldWantWould BeMovingAdventureRestaurantsVacation 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 try to offer as much as I can to the director so he has as much to work with as possible to create the character that, really, he wants to create in a sense.” WantTryingI CanCharacterOffersDirectors Author:Karen Allen
“You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I want to wake up and hear birds, I want to walk outside and see a gaggle of turkeys bouncing across my lawn - I want to be someplace like that - or I want to be right in the middle of an urban environment.” KnowsWantWalksEnvironmentMiddleBirdWake UpWoodsUrbanTurkeysLawnsUrban Environment Author:Karen Allen
“People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.” PeopleMenWantCastsMature Author:Karen Allen
“Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.” WantYoungSonMonthsProjectsDecidedMy SonTake MeTake Me Away Author:Karen Allen
“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?” WantNeedsHappensInterestingCreativeWonderfulFascinating Author:Karen Allen
“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.” WayWantChildrenLongSaidCareersMissingLong TimeMissing It Author:Karen Allen
“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.” WantFeelingsFoundParentBornSituationMissingSonLatePressureConsiderationMy SonBack And ForthBeing A Parent Author:Karen Allen
