Ellen Burstyn ,quotes

I eat healthily and exercise,...

I eat healthily and exercise, and I'm not giving up and saying I'm too old - I'm just determined to keep on marching with enthusiasm and interest and curiosity.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

We can all live longer, bette...

We can all live longer, better, than we ever could before. You don't have to retire.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

I sketched out a rough story ...

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 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

I was doing the work I was ca...

I was doing the work I was capable of doing with my own native talent, but when I looked at actors like Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, Kim Stanley, and Geraldine Page, I knew that they knew something that I didn't know. I wanted to find out what that was.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

They pulled Resurrection out ...

They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for the Oscar and there was no ad in the newspapers to say it was running. So it was literally killed.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

I'm always learning and tryin...

I'm always learning and trying new things. When you stop learning, you start dying.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

All of my life I have asked t...

All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

When I was 19, I took a train...

When I was 19, I took a train from Houston to New York, and I had in my lap the collected works of William Shakespeare. The play I read on that journey was 'Titus Andronicus.'

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

The real work of an actor goe...

The real work of an actor goes on inside, and I don't think it changes from director to director - I always go for broke! But I don't get a lot of direction, unfortunately.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

I've never done anything in m...

I've never done anything in my career that has gotten as much attention as 'House of Cards.'

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

When we did 'The Last Picture...

When we did 'The Last Picture Show,' the whole cast was unknowns, and we all got careers from it. Well, I don't think this could be done now.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

It's about avoiding reality t...

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 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

I feel compassion is so impor...

I feel compassion is so important to develop in ourselves. It's one of the most important elements of being a human being.

Ellen Burstyn 10.08.2025 20:58:20 52 quotes

To me, it's a very moral film....

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.

Ellen Burstyn 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

When you recognize what your t...

When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can.

Ellen Burstyn 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

They pulled Resurrection out o...

They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for the Oscar and there was no ad in the newspapers to say it was running. So it was literally killed.

Ellen Burstyn 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

I always wanted to play Joan o...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

I do like to work with young d...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

It's been awhile. My Oscar is ...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

Then in came this script with ...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 52 quotes

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