Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstynis an American actress. Her career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth7 December 1932
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
either fat physically severe wearing
But I was always uncomfortable in that. Physically uncomfortable. Either from the fat suit, or the neck, or my severe dieting. Or wearing the camera.
happy-life talent life-is
When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can.
cabbage able soup
I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.
couple years oscars
It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one.
making-money sin film
It's a sin to have your films not to make money.
teenager son moral
To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.
depressing play drug
Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'
dream coffee character
It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality.
actress famine feast life maybe steady time
When you've been an actress for 45 years as I have, it's a feast or famine life and I thought that maybe it was time now to have a steady gig!
alone discover lovely surprise
What a lovely surprise to discover how un-lonely being alone can be
cow time
I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that.
central children work
I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far.