Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Rona Barkin is an American actress and film producer. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 comedy-drama film Diner, and the following years she had starring roles in films include Tender Mercies, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and The Big Easy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 April 1954
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
inspiring mothers-day honesty
The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.
heart normal actors
Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.
diners firsts mercy
My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.
mother character thinking
I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage.
teacher art school
I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.
teacher acting levels
I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.
ambition wish roles
I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky.
house littles events
I'm a little more extreme than a homebody. Unless there's some event I really have to go to, I don't like to leave my house.
sex children couple
I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent?
mother eye son
When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.
husband thinking three
My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.
mother baby children
When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.
technology thinking use
There have been advances in the technology of beauty that I think are great. & you know what? Use it.
mentor want bedroom
I don’t want to be a mentor in my bedroom...