She loses 50 pounds in the film, and goes from fairly sane to totally out of her mind. So for the first part of the film I was wearing a 40 pound fat suit, which is very, very uncomfortable. But… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
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… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
The real work of an actor goes on inside, and I don't think it changes from director to director - I always go for… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
I feel eager to learn as much as I can, not only about my craft but the world and the cosmos and how we… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are. — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
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… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is. — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
When I was 19, I took a train from Houston to New York, and I had in my lap the collected works of William… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
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… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it. — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
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… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
I left my career in Hollywood, moved back to New York, and went to Lee Strasberg and studied with him for the rest of… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
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… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
I've liked all the directors I've worked with a lot. And the ones I like best are the ones that have really good taste… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share
