Karen Black Quotations

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.