Allegra Huston quotes

Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire. (Allegra Huston)

The most important thing in convoluted families, I learnt as I wrote, is that the child feels loved. I knew from a young age that I was a problem which required constant solving; but I never felt unloved. I was lucky.

Allegra Huston

I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.

Allegra Huston

When I was 12 and met my real father for the first time, I was terrified I would lose the one I already had.

Allegra Huston

I loved Dad more for treating the biological reality as trivial, irrelevant. He loved me no less than his other three children.

Allegra Huston

With my stepson, it is very important to me that there is no drama around the fact that he has two families.

Allegra Huston

If you have security, you can rebel; if you don't, you hold on to any scraps of it that you have.

Allegra Huston

I see myself as part English and part American, with a dash of Irish thrown in, and a pinch of Italian from my mother's ancestry.

Allegra Huston

When I moved to London at age 16, tired of the shuffle around other people's houses and ready to live on my own, I met my English brother and sister, who instantly claimed me as family.

Allegra Huston

Allegra Huston

Occupation: English Writer
Born: August 26, 1964
Quotes count: 9

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