Marian Seldes Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.”

“I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.”

“I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.”

“Theatre is where I am confident and happy.”

“Unfortunately, there are mental invalids of every age who exist on other people's terms. It's lazy for older persons to let others make up their minds for them. People have to overcome that.”

“People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'”

“How do people who live utterly alone survive? There are so many things that won't open. I've got a few dresses in New York, and I can somehow get them on, but I can't get them off.”

“When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.”

“Acting takes so much energy.”

“An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.”