I have kept working, even if Ive thrown off the big movies I used to do. I still have three or four wonderful little movies coming out. Karen Black More Quotes by Karen Black More Quotes From Karen Black If you can write it, I can be it. Karen Black i-canifswriting There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow Karen Black chasing-rainbowsessence-of-lifegold I love playing strong women, even if theyre nuts. Karen Black strong-womenstrongnuts I like to watch people. For example, people at the airport... What is interesting about them is that they dont 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. Karen Black airportspeopleinteresting If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America. Karen Black sorrybelieveamerica I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work. Karen Black wanttryingpeople 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. Karen Black trucktirecomputer Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication. Karen Black illiteracycommunicationpeople I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed. Karen Black bedbook 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. Karen Black daughtermotherthinking I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player Karen Black triosguitarplayer 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. Im not spooky! I want life! Karen Black donewantjobs There were all these rumors about me... so I went indoors. No one saw me for years. And since I wasnt around, people believed what they wanted. Karen Black rumorpeopleyears 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... Im a Cancer! We are not ferocious people. Karen Black cancercareersthinking As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it. Karen Black operateenagerbelieve
