Actress Karen Allen is best known for her portrayal of Marion Ravenwood in the Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Arc, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the recently released The Dial of Destiny. Although Karen loves acting, she originally planned on a career in fabric design, and has had her own knitting business for years, concurrent with her acting pursuits.

Karen Allen and I met aboard the Silver Spirit cruise ship in South America, where she was giving a talk on her various acting adventures and I had been flown in to do a concert. When I found out she is a jazz fan, as well as a passionate advocate for encouraging creativity, I asked if we could sit for a chat on the subject. Our conversation was recorded off the coast of Argentina in 2010.