Robert Aldrich
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1918-1983)
Kathleen Quinlan is an American film and television actress best known for her acclaimed performances in the movies ‘I Never Promised You a Rose Garden’ and ‘Apollo 13’. With a career spanning almost five decades, she has starred in numerous feature films, television movies, and series.
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About the Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film Apollo 13, along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades.
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Kathleen Quinlan was born on November 19, 1954.
Kathleen Quinlan is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film ‘I Never Promised You a Rose Garden’ and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film ‘Apollo 13’.
Kathleen Quinlan’s acting career has spanned almost five decades.
Kathleen Quinlan has played roles in various feature films, television movies, and series throughout her nearly five-decade-long career.
Kathleen Quinlan has received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in ‘I Never Promised You a Rose Garden’ and ‘Apollo 13’, as well as an Academy Award nomination for her role in ‘Apollo 13’.
15 Quotes by Kathleen Quinlan
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Some of the newer folks in the industry, I’m not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don’t understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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I like to think of myself as kind of a sculptor, only I sculpt people.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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There are not many roles where women are really active.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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I like to go to openings when I’m in it, or friends are in it.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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It’s just too egotistical to think that we are the only lifeform in the universe.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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I didn’t think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I’d rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I’m kind of boring.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn’t relate to most of it.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we’re not consciously looking for it.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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My dream job has already happened.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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The heavy spacesuits are spectacular to look at but very hot. Putting one on was like going from chilly London winter weather to the Bahamas in just minutes.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress
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I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins.
Kathleen QuinlanAmerican actress