There was no such thing as child abuse. Parents owned their children. They could do whatever they wanted. Ellen Burstyn More Quotes by Ellen Burstyn More Quotes From Ellen Burstyn What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. Ellen Burstyn being-alone lonely loneliness When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can. Ellen Burstyn talent life-is happy-life 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 play way interesting She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings. Ellen Burstyn addiction feelings way I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it. Ellen Burstyn cabbage able soup 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 theatre new-york running Regret is a toxin that I try not to allow in my body. Ellen Burstyn toxins regret trying Everything gets old if you do it often enough. Ellen Burstyn aging ifs enough 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 coffee dream character 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 mother play thinking 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 brooklyn manhattan people 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 oscars couple years It's a sin to have your films not to make money. Ellen Burstyn making-money film sin 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 passion hurt thinking Bob Duvall is a great actor because each time out, he creates a whole, complete character. You have the feeling that you're not seeing an actor at all, but a fully realized human being. Think of how he was in The Godfather. If you didn't know Bobby, you'd think that he really was Tom, the consigliere. Then you see him in Santini, and he's completely different. He's not only a personality, he's a consummate actor. Ellen Burstyn personality character thinking To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it. Ellen Burstyn teenager moral son 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 depressing drug play 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 appreciate acting art 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 saying giving-up curiosity giving 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 story good want said
