I was in awe of Robert Osborne, the man, and his incredible talent. Like everyone else, I loved watching him introduce classic films on TCM. But I was fortunate to also get to know him in real life by spending time with him and being interviewed by him over the years at events around the country.

Eva Marie Saint

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I can't sit around having coffee. I have all these appointments, and a lot of my friends sit around having coffee talking about the jobs they didn't get.

Eva Marie Saint

coffee talking jobs

I don't know how I would have gotten through this life without someone to really love me and I love them, him, and them [family]. It's forgiving. Love is very forgiving to one another and your friends and it's a powerful, powerful emotion and it's my favorite emotion in life. Now, write that down and read it and remember it.

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powerful writing love-is

I think if you meet the right person in life and you fall in love, that is a miracle. My husband saw me on the subway. That is a miracle!

Eva Marie Saint

falling-in-love husband thinking

Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do?

Eva Marie Saint

musician study masters

I hear the theme from 'Psycho' every time I take a shower. I lock the door.

Eva Marie Saint

door theme psycho time

My mom lived to be 91, and her advice was, 'Honey, just keep moving.'

Eva Marie Saint

keep-moving mom advice moving

As you get older, you're doing different parts, but the young people, like yourself, they keep you excited, because they'll see Waterfront, and they'll want to talk about it.

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yourself doing you people

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard.

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ship captain mood quiet

What is it like when you see me in all these films and then you meet me? Were you intimidated?

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meet see me you

You know, you do it, and you get paid for it, and you have a wonderful time, then you're on to something else.

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something know you time

The longer you live, I believe, you learn so much about life that you have more to give.

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live you life believe

I find a lot of swearing in films. And I guess that shows my age. But I also feel that where they say those words, they could just as easily have written other words.

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they-say words feel age

The longer you live, the smarter you get because you've been around. You've seen things. You've gone through different emotional experiences in your own life, and hopefully, you understand things better. And that makes you a better actress.

Eva Marie Saint

better understand you life

I had an agent once who wanted me to make many more movies. I said, 'I can't. I can only do one a year, if that. I have children, young children.' And he said, 'Well, I guess you won't be a superstar.' And I said, 'Well, I guess not.'

Eva Marie Saint

movies me you children

I was Sweater Queen at Bowling Green State University. Oh, that's a laugh, isn't it?

Eva Marie Saint

laugh queen university green

I don't think a lot of people - when they associate you with Hollywood, they don't want to think of you as normal. They want to hear, you know, all the stuff in Hollywood.

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think know you people

I want to show people that if you walk, if you eat the right things, if you don't have stuff done to your face - that's okay.

Eva Marie Saint

face walk you people

You know how to stay young? Go with the flow.

Eva Marie Saint

stay go know you

You reach a certain age, and you're so proud that you're walking and breathing and loving and working and all of that at 90.

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you proud age walking

I met older actresses who never married, never had children. That's not for me.

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never who me children