Ellen Barkin Quotes
- A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.
- But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it…
- Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He stuck by me…
- I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really…
- I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe.
- I have no problem being 53. Why would I want to be 35 again? I want to discover who I am in my 50s. And…
- I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.
- I just would never go audition, and yet I was in very visible places where people would come looking for actors. I say I'm lazy,…
- I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.
- I remember my first friend who got sick. It was 1981, and the disease was called the gay cancer. I don't think the word 'AIDS'…
- I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the…
- I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level…
- I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky.
- 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 philosophical or political…
- I'm a little more extreme than a homebody. Unless there's some event I really have to go to, I don't like to leave my house.
- I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like…
- My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.
- Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.
- The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.
- There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.