Karen Black Quotes (23 Quotes)


    I spoke to a woman who had seen her son run over by a car. She went to one of these damn therapists who do nothing but dole out drugs and haven't the faintest idea how to help somebody. And she goes home, puts them in her cabinet, and works through it herself.

    I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.

    I think it's interesting that we had reached a point when people were pretty knowledgeable about getting the vaccine, then we had the shortages. Now I feel we are going back to square one,

    In Nashville, ... Here's the best. Here's Vassar.

    This is just a first step in many steps. We will fine-tune some of the choices that are currently on the site.


    Even just a small bone break could cost thousands of dollars in hospital and physician care. For people that are in low income levels without insurance, it could cost medical bankruptcy.

    If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.


    There were all these rumors about me... so I went indoors. No one saw me for years. And since I wasn't around, people believed what they wanted.

    I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.

    I was doing bad movies as a day job. And it almost ruined my life for a while. But I have done 130-odd films, and only fourteen have been spooky ones. I'm not spooky I want life

    Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

    I like to watch people. For example, people at the airport... What is interesting about them is that they don't know what they are like. People at airports are the most brilliant actors in the world, because their attention is elsewhere, and they are idiosyncratic. I like to imitate people. I walk behind them and imitate their backs.


    I don't think the public understands mental health issues. . . . Because of that, I don't think some kids are getting the support they need.

    There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

    I have kept working, even if I've thrown off the big movies I used to do. I still have three or four wonderful little movies coming out.

    If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.

    I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.

    As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it.

    I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work.

    I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.

    I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player.


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