Regret is a toxin that I try not to allow in my body. Ellen Burstyn More Quotes by Ellen Burstyn More Quotes From 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 cow chicken thought time My mother was very glamorous. She was very beautiful, and she had a lot of friends; she was fun and loved to drink. Ellen Burstyn loved friends mother beautiful 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 my-life me home life With all the awards I've won, you'd think that I'd at least be able to make a living. It's a really terrible situation. Ellen Burstyn think you situation awards I've never done anything in my career that has gotten as much attention as 'House of Cards.' Ellen Burstyn never house attention cards 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 picture last think done What happens is you submit your script with an idea of what the budget might be, and the financier will offer you less than that. In order to do it for less, it means cutting out the art, usually. Ellen Burstyn your will you art With 'The Last Picture Show,' Peter Bogdanovich brought the script to the company that made it. They liked it, and they gave him the money he needed to make the film. He cast it with the actors that he thought were right for the parts. Now, it's the reverse. Ellen Burstyn picture thought company money There's no doubt that the patriarchy that we live in also controls the movie industry. The heads of the studios are men, and it's reflected in the scripts they buy and the work that gets made. Ellen Burstyn live doubt work men I've always wanted to work with my friend Al Pacino. Ellen Burstyn my-friend friend always work It's interesting: John Calley at Warner Bros. helped me put 'Alice' together. It was very unusual back then for a studio to support an actress the way he backed and supported me. He even asked me if I wanted to direct the film, which I didn't feel prepared to at that point. Ellen Burstyn feel me support together Today, people like Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep have vowed to improve the opportunities for women, but those promises are still unusual. Ellen Burstyn promises women today people The only Shakespeare I ever did was a production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' two years in a row in my garden in Rockland County on the Hudson River in the 1980s. I had all the actors from the Actors Studio come out, and we made our own costumes. Ellen Burstyn river garden dream night
