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?'
~ Ellen Burstyn

They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for the Oscar and there was no ad in the newspapers to say it was running. So it was literally killed.
~ Ellen Burstyn

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.
~ Ellen Burstyn

Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave.
~ Ellen Burstyn

Well, I try not to allow regret to live in me because I think it festers, and that's one way to become bitter and cynical.
~ Ellen Burstyn

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.
~ Ellen Burstyn

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!
~ Ellen Burstyn

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