Author: Marian Seldes

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

- 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 always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.

I always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.

- Marian Seldes

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