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
attended wedding
no one attended the wedding because of that.
appeals androgyny certain
There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.
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...
hands shoes lakes
Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own.
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.
meaningful kids emotional
I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question. I can't answer it without crying. I think, You're 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as that? I don't know the answer yet.
mistake back-again wanted
You can't go back again, even if you wanted to. But you can own your own life, mistakes and all.
skins nicknames skin-and-bones
My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones.
successful lasts successful-marriage
A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.
mistake thinking faults
I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.
arnold joan money movies treat upset
When they make a woman's picture, they treat it like a 'woman's picture.' In the '40s, they didn't treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. I'm upset that there's no 'Terminator' with a woman in Arnold Schwarzenegger's role. Because that would make just as much money.