Karen Allen
Karen Allen
Karen Jane Allenis an American actress. She played Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Arkand Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Allen has also had roles in films such as National Lampoon's Animal House, The Wanderers, Cruising, Shoot the Moon, Starman, Scrooged, The Sandlot, The Perfect Stormand Poster Boy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 October 1951
CityCarrolton, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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We have backed off the big push to get computers in primary grades, ... We do have things where kids use technology before they leave fifth grade. But previous studies of the introduction of technology at other schools haven't shown a huge value in learning as a result. When we put something in the classroom, it absolutely has to further what kids need to know. I just don't want to go off in a tangent in one direction without being completely clear that it will pay off for all the kids.
I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
There are days he just reads my mind.
At first, we're learning for ourselves, ... We're looking for things that we'll work on for the classroom. We're piggybacking on what other people have already done, and then we will serve as a resource to other people.
You don't want to be moving into a house and have nothing.
The people with pets talk to them, they're less isolated and their lives are different with an animal by their side,
Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a nationality.
I back (the high school project) 100 percent.
I've had so many people just come up to me and say, 'When you came up on the screen, everybody in the theater applauded.' It's just so sweet, really.
When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually in theaters, it's extraordinary. And it doesn't happen that often.
When I was in my 20s and 30s, there was such a variety and diversity of types of films that you could see. So many of them were really more about the human condition and about relationships between people, and they were smaller films that had a much greater impact on me as a human being.
CGI is to me like watching a cartoon. It can be effective, if it's done well. A lot of times you don't feel any real risk. You're watching a bunch of computer-generated graphics.
I'm always surprised when people say, "Oh, it got such mixed reviews." I guess I didn't read them.