Ellen Burstyn Quotes

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.

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.

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

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

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.

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

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.

Everything gets old if you do it often enough.

Regret is a toxin that I try not to allow in my body.

She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.