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Sally Kirkland
American
Actress
About the author
My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Expression
#Attitude
#Enthusiasm
#Sensuality
My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Favorite
Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Legal
#Church
Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Truth
#Circumstances
#Care
She was a genius, my mother.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Mother
#Genius
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#World
#Dreams
I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Education
#Schools
#Alliance
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Soul
#Growing up
With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Work
#Light
#Education
#Alliance
So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Ability
#May
#Talent
Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Life
#Faith
In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Change
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#People
#Race
#Awards
#Joy
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Talk
#Language
#Actor
#Performance
#Behavior
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Wisdom
#Insecurity
I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Freedom
#Expression
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Dance
#Art
#History
#English
#Poetry
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Idea
#Innocence
#Business
#Insecurity
I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Will
#Writing
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,
American
Actress
#Decision
#Famous
I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Country
#Women
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Time
#America
#Spiritual
I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Quitting
I think I'm more European in personality.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Personality
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Nothing
#Soul
I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Marriage
In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Europe
#Women
The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
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.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Acting
#Kids
#People
#Years
#School
#Energy
My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
Sally Kirkland,
American
Actress
#Revolution
#Activism