Ellen Barkin Quotes - Page 2

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• I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren.

  Ellen Barkin

  Husband, Teenager, Grandchildren

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• 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.

  Ellen Barkin

  Lakes, Swans, Hands

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• I would love to do a television show in New York City.

  Ellen Barkin

  New York, Cities, Television

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• I’m tenacious, I think – I know – and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can’t do something, if I know I can’t do it I’m the first to raise my hand and say, “I can’t do that.” But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, “Really? Really? You think I – yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.

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  New York, Thinking, Hands

  "Actress-producer Ellen Barkin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 14, 2011.

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• I don’t want to be a mentor in my bedroom.

  Ellen Barkin

  Mentor, Want, Bedroom

  Interview with Carole Radziwill, www.violetgrey.com.

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• There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day your agent calls you us and says, 'guess what, you're a movie star,' and you say, 'Thank you!'

  Ellen Barkin

  Thank You, Stars, One Day

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.

  Ellen Barkin

  Issues, Film, Intimacy

  "Ellen Barkin Talks “Another Happy Day”: 'I’ve been waiting for a part this good for my entire career.'" by Erica Abeel, www.indiewire.com. November 18, 2011.

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• My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones.

  Ellen Barkin

  Skins, Skin And Bones, Nicknames

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• 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.

  Ellen Barkin

  Mistake, Thinking, Faults

  "Ellen Barkin on 'Another Happy Day,' Sam Levinson, and Being a 'Broad'". Interview with Kevin Sessums, www.thedailybeast.com. November 15, 2011.

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• I have huge hands and feet. I'm 5'6" and wear a size 10 shoe.

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  Hands, Shoes, Feet

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• 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.

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  Meaningful, Kids, Emotional

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• I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.

  Ellen Barkin

  Mother, Pounds, Skinny

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• I just would never go audition, and yet I was in very visible places where people would come looking for actors. I say I'm lazy, though I'm sure if I were in therapy for a lot of years, it would turn out to be a lot more than laziness. After awhile, it was, like, too embarrassing for me not to go on auditions. I had to be humiliated into it.

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  Years, People, Lazy

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• I like being married. I like taking care of people, having someone to make dinner for.

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  People, Care, Dinner

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• My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

  Ellen Barkin

  Diners, Firsts, Mercy

  "Actress-producer Ellen Barkin". "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. November 14, 2011.

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• I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage.

  Ellen Barkin

  Mother, Character, Thinking

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• I'm a little more extreme than a homebody. Unless there's some event I really have to go to, I don't like to leave my house.

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  House, Events, Littles

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• My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.

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  Husband, Thinking, Three

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• People tend to remember my performances, not me.

  Ellen Barkin

  People, Remember, Performances

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