Ellen Barkin

I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of…

— Ellen Barkin

There have been advances in the technology of beauty that I think are great. & you know what? Use it.

— Ellen Barkin

I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.

— Ellen Barkin

I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me…

— Ellen Barkin

I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the…

— Ellen Barkin

There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part,…

— Ellen Barkin

When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the '40s, they didn't treat Joan Crawford movies…

— Ellen Barkin

When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They…

— Ellen Barkin

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and…

— Ellen Barkin

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.

— Ellen Barkin

My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.

— Ellen Barkin

Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.

— Ellen Barkin

With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around…

— Ellen Barkin

Old is the new sexy.

— Ellen Barkin

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

— Ellen Barkin

I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and…

— Ellen Barkin

Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He…

— Ellen Barkin

Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand…

— Ellen Barkin

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have…

— Ellen Barkin

I'd never say I'll never have a facelift, but I'm way too scared of looking like a different person. I have no…

— Ellen Barkin

I would love to do a television show in New York City.

— Ellen Barkin

I'm not limited by my gender, and I don't think anyone else should be either. Because I am the age I am…

— Ellen Barkin

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

— Ellen Barkin