Marian Seldes
Marian Seldes
Marian Hall Seldeswas an American stage, film, radio and television actress whose career spanned over 60 years. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received subsequent nominations for Father's Day, Deathtrap, Ring Round the Moonand Dinner at Eight. She also won a Drama Desk Award for Father's Day. Her other Broadway credits included Equus, Ivanovand Deuce. She was inducted into the American Theatre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 August 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I almost never go to the theatre without seeing someone I've taught or known at Juilliard.
I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully.
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 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.
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.
I would hate to think of the theatre world without critics. Without them, we'd not have the record of each season.
Theatre is where I am confident and happy.
I've been, for want of a better phrase, a supporting actress so much of my life.
I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.
I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.
I always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.
All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.
I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.
Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.