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Ellen Burstyn Quotes

Ellen Burstyn quotes

American Actress December 7, 1932

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Ellen Burstyn quote: "What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being..."
What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn quote: "Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the..."
Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it. Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn quote: "I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech..."
I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is. Ellen Burstyn
I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice. Ellen Burstyn
I think that the change began... I made a film a few years ago called The Spitfire Grill, and that didn't make much money either, but it was a good film and an independent film. Ellen Burstyn
Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?' Ellen Burstyn
I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt. Ellen Burstyn
Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave. Ellen Burstyn
It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality. Ellen Burstyn
It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one. Ellen Burstyn
I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother! Ellen Burstyn
I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left. Ellen Burstyn
I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that. Ellen Burstyn
The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time. Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn quote: "I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it."
I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it. Ellen Burstyn

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