Top 30 Quotes & Sayings by Sally Kirkland

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Sally Kirkland.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of Andy Warhol's The Factory and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 film and television productions during her career that spend six decades. Kirkland is the daughter of a fashion editor of Life magazine and Voque Sally Kirkland.

I think I'm more European in personality.
I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one. — © Sally Kirkland
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.
I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.
I suppose if I wanted to be the girl next door, I could have been. I think America is confused by someone who appears to be sexual and spiritual at the same time.
My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl.
I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.
When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star.
The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.
My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.
With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.
I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did.
I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.
I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.
I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.
Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.
She was a genius, my mother.
In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy. — © Sally Kirkland
In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975.
My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.
Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
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