Author: Marian Seldes

Quotes

I'm not a good tourist. I don't like walking around and looking at things. I like being in a city and working and finding out how other people live.

I'm not a good tourist. I don't like walking around and looking at things. I like being in a city and working and finding out how other people live.

- 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

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 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 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 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

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've been, for want of a better phrase, a supporting actress so much of my life.

I've been, for want of a better phrase, a supporting actress so much of my life.

- Marian Seldes

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