Alanna Knight quotes

If one drops dead in the street, friends and loved ones are shocked, stricken, but a long lingering death loses all nobility and drama, while relatives and friends await the inevitable end in a succession of weary anti-climaxes.
-- Alanna Knight

#Death #Drama #Relatives And Friends

I do feel that houses have faces - and feelings too.
-- Alanna Knight

#House #Feelings #Faces

Jekyll and Hyde, in particular, is such an important novel in terms of suspense and setting a perfect scene for crime
-- Alanna Knight

#Perfect #Important #Suspense

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don't actually have to turn up to their own lives at all.

A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.

I'm just looking to make good movies and looking to be as good as I can be in them and that's about it. But I feel much more comfortable doing a comedy, but the fact that I got to try a few dramas, I feel I've tested myself a little bit.

I've never had formal drama-school training; I've just picked things up as I've gone along.

I was never part of that cliquey girl drama. Most of my friends were guys growing up, so I was never part of that whole toxic energy. It seemed like way too much hassle.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.