Karen Allen Quotes

I've always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it's not about the money - because, obviously, there's a lot of money to be made in this business if you're willing to do anything.

I'm fortunate enough that I don't have to accept every movie that comes along.

If something comes along that's really good, and I think I would be good for it, I'd be happy to do it. But not too many came along. I mean, they came along for the first, I don't know, 15, 18 films, but I didn't do that many. But then I didn't want to do the kind of junk I was seeing.

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

I try not to and I don't think I ever have just jumped at any opportunity because a company wanted me. Just because there was money on the table doesn't mean that I took it.

It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.

I was averaging about one movie a year my whole career, and that was because I'm fussy. I probably could have done more.

I don't work that much because I am selective.

I am not comfortable walking the ramp for just any designer. I am particular about who I associate with.

I get offered stuff that I don't really want to do, so hopefully, I'm just kind of waiting for the right thing.

I would definitely like to work in India. It is just that I am quite picky when it comes to roles.

I'm pretty picky about what I do and who I work with, for better or for worse.

Earlier, I used to take up any role that came my way. But now I feel that I should take time and consider the role before taking it up.

Even though I have been receiving offers left, right and centre, I have been a little choosy about my projects.

I wanted to be an engineer or a nurse.

When you ask me why I do one film a year, it is not my fault. I've chosen what I liked from whatever work came my way.

The offers are plenty. I'm just taking time and only working on those projects that excite me.

I made a joke with my sister... I said, "I don't know what's more nerve-wracking, job insecurity or job security." There's opportunities and things you compromise with both. When I had endless freedom of schedule, or when I commit to a movie for two months, then I could manage my music and go on the road.

I'm not at the place in my career necessarily where I'm like offered every role.

A lot of the people that we have made offers to, and where we make offers, when they hear it's a part-time job, or a it's four-month or five-month job - and I understand this - they're not interested. They're American people. They're not interested.

If a journalist shows a facility for praise he's liable to be offered a job in public relations or advertising and the next thing you know he's got a big office, a huge salary and is living in a fine home with a lovely wife and swell kids - another career blown to hell.

I never made conscious choices. There were times in my life that I chose the first job that came along because I was broke. I think that there were maybe a handful of times that I had a choice. In recent years, Ive had more of a choice, and its been very nice to have that choice, but most of the time, you just hope that theres another job after this one.

I've actually always been fussy about the work I do.