Ellen Barkin Quotes

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and I don't gain weight. I still look OK as long as I'm dressed.

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.

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

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

When I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.

No more bare bodies in film scenes for me. For my children's sake, I must stop. The other kids at school keep throwing it up to my children, and they are not kind.

My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones.

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.

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

When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.

I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.

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.

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

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

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

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He stuck by me through very hard times, and I hope he'd say the same about me.

'Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.

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.

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

I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky.

There have been advances in the technology of beauty that I think are great. & you know what? Use it.

You can't go back again, even if you wanted to. But you can own your own life, mistakes and all.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.