I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe. by Ellen Barkin

I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe.

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Acting is a matter of giving away secrets. by Ellen Barkin

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

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Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have... by Ellen Barkin

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.

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I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and I don't gain weight. I still look OK as long as I'm dressed.

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I have no problem being 53. Why would I want to be 35 again? I want to discover who I am in my 50s. And if I tried too hard to look younger, it would seem that I was uncomfortable with who I am, wouldn't it?

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I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

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When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.

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It is clear I was never the Pretty Girl. I had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 10 and didn't fix them until I was 19. I have a crooked smile and a nose that looks like it's been broken 12 times but never has been. My nose was always red, so people called me Rudolph. My whole face is off-center.

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.

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There is a certain androgyny to my appeal. by Ellen Barkin

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

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It's no stretch to picture me standing next to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Those are ethnic New York men. I'm an ethnic New York girl. Everybody has their limitations. I mean, I should never be cast as Queen Elizabeth.

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No more bare bodies in film scenes for me. For my children's sake, I must stop. The other kids at school keep throwing it up to my children, and they are not kind.

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My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones. by Ellen Barkin

My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones.

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People tend to remember my performances, not me. by Ellen Barkin

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

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A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you'... by Ellen Barkin

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

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But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.

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Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He stuck by me through very hard times, and I hope he'd say the same about me.

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You can't go back again, even if you wanted to. But you can own y... by Ellen Barkin

You can't go back again, even if you wanted to. But you can own your own life, mistakes and all.

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I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question. I can't answer it without crying. I think, You're 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as that? I don't know the answer yet.

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I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent?

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I’m tenacious, I think – I know – and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can’t do something, if I know I can’t do it I’m the first to raise my hand and say, “I can’t do that.” But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, “Really? Really? You think I – yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.

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