Author: Ellen Burstyn

Quotes

I'm always learning and trying new things. When you stop learning, you start dying.

I'm always learning and trying new things. When you stop learning, you start dying.

- Ellen Burstyn

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

- Ellen Burstyn

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.

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

Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.

Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.

- Ellen Burstyn

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

- Ellen Burstyn

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

- Ellen Burstyn

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

- Ellen Burstyn

I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far.

I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far.

- Ellen Burstyn

I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is.

I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is.

- Ellen Burstyn

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