Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it. Ellen Burstyn childfeedfood Change image and share on social
I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it. Ellen Burstyn cabbagedietfamous Change image and share on social
She loses 50 pounds in the film, and goes from fairly sane to totally out of her mind. So for the first part of the film I was wearing a 40 pound fat suit, which is very, very uncomfortable. But the worst part was the neck. Ellen Burstyn badfairlyfat share on social
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. Ellen Burstyn chickencowkill Change image and share on social
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. Ellen Burstyn brooklynclosehave Change image and share on social
I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is. Ellen Burstyn lifelivenarrow Change image and share on social
She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings. Ellen Burstyn addictionfeelfeeling Change image and share on social
I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt. Ellen Burstyn businessdifficultdirector share on social
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. Ellen Burstyn centralchildfilm Change image and share on social
It's a sin to have your films not to make money. Ellen Burstyn filmmakemoney Change image and share on social
