Ellen Barkin Thinking Quotations

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.'

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'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.

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

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