Author: Marian Seldes

Quotes

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

People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'

People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'

- 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

How do people who live utterly alone survive? There are so many things that won't open. I've got a few dresses in New York, and I can somehow get them on, but I can't get them off.

How do people who live utterly alone survive? There are so many things that won't open. I've got a few dresses in New York, and I can somehow get them on, but I can't get them off.

- Marian Seldes

I love being with someone, taking care of someone.

I love being with someone, taking care of someone.

- Marian Seldes

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

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

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 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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