Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstynis an American actress. Her career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth7 December 1932
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
change few good money
I think that the change began... I made a film a few years ago called The Spitfire Grill, and that didn't make much money either, but it was a good film and an independent film.
art appreciate acting
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.
depressing play drug
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?'
teenager son moral
To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.
dream coffee character
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.
character thinking personality
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.
mother thinking play
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!
hurt passion thinking
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.
making-money sin film
It's a sin to have your films not to make money.
couple years oscars
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.
aging enough ifs
Everything gets old if you do it often enough.
regret trying toxins
Regret is a toxin that I try not to allow in my body.
cabbage able soup
I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.
people manhattan brooklyn
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.