Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.
Joan Van Ark

I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.
Joan Van Ark

Running is my church.
Joan Van Ark

A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.
Joan Van Ark

I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated.
Joan Van Ark

They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out.
Joan Van Ark

I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing.
Joan Van Ark