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Ellen Burstyn Quotes

American - Actress | December 7, 1932 -

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

Alone Being Alone Surprise Lovely

I'm always learning and trying new things. When you stop learning, you start dying.

Learning New Things Start Trying You

There was no such thing as child abuse. Parents owned their children. They could do whatever they wanted.

Children Child Parents Whatever

I feel compassion is so important to develop in ourselves. It's one of the most important elements of being a human being.

Compassion Feel Important Human Most

There's no doubt that the patriarchy that we live in also controls the movie industry. The heads of the studios are men, and it's reflected in the scripts they buy and the work that gets made.

Work Live Men Doubt Buy Industry

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.

Son Character Coffee Reality Hell

I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are.

Know Want Connected Out Cosmos How

I feel eager to learn as much as I can, not only about my craft but the world and the cosmos and how we got here and whether there's any purpose to our being here.

Purpose World Feel Learn I Can Here

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

Life Live People My Life Brooklyn

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left.

Good Story Said Want Director Out

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.

New York New Say Resurrection Out

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

Money Sin Make Your Films

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