Author: Marian Seldes

Quotes

I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.

I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.

- Marian Seldes

All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.

All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.

- Marian Seldes

The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.

The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.

- Marian Seldes

I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

- Marian Seldes

If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.

If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.

- Marian Seldes

I love being with someone, taking care of someone.

I love being with someone, taking care of someone.

- Marian Seldes

I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people's voices was that my mother's voice was so soft and gentle and her pronunciation was so perfect.

I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people's voices was that my mother's voice was so soft and gentle and her pronunciation was so perfect.

- Marian Seldes

When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.

When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.

- Marian Seldes

I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.

I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.

- Marian Seldes

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