Ellen Barkin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.”

“I'd never say I'll never have a facelift, but I'm way too scared of looking like a different person. I have no philosophical or political position on plastic surgery; I just don't want to look crazy. And I don't like not being able to tell how old someone is: It's creepy.”

“I'm not limited by my gender, and I don't think anyone else should be either. Because I am the age I am and I sort of rode the crest of the first profound post-suffragette feminists, I wasn't fighting to burn my bra. Those women fought that fight just seconds before I came into womanhood.”

“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.”

“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.”

“My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.'”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”