39 Quotes by Shirley Knight

I plan to work ever day they'll let me.

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don't have joy in the work, forget it.

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else’s path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don’t have joy in the work, forget it.

Hollywood – that’s where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

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.

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.

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