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.
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I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.Shirley Knight
The play is about this woman finding a way to live without having someone to look after her.
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My career has been odd in the sense that I did a lot of films early in my career and then for years I only worked in the theater in New York.
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I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.
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I did a whole bunch of really bad movies.
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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.
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