I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what impressed me and stayed with me in memory was - the sounds he made. He played… — Marian Seldes Copy Share Image
I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
How do people who live utterly alone survive? There are so many things that won't open. I've got a few dresses in New York,… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
I would hate to think of the theatre world without critics. Without them, we'd not have the record of each season. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
Own the room. Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?" I… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
I almost never go to the theatre without seeing someone I've taught or known at Juilliard. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people's voices was that my mother's voice was so soft… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.' — Marian Seldes Copy Share
An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository. — Marian Seldes Copy Share
In Milly Barranger, Margaret Webster has found the perfect biographer. In Margaret Webster, Milly Barranger has found her perfect subject. She brings to vivid… — Marian Seldes Copy Share
