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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are. — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
