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 reflected in the scripts they buy and the work that gets made. — 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 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… — 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 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
