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Ellen Barkin Biography

Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress and film producer. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 comedy-drama film Diner, and the following years she had starring roles in films include Tender Mercies (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), and The Big Easy (1987).

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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.

Art, Arts, Performing, School, Teacher, Years

I remember my first friend who got sick. It was 1981, and the disease was called the gay cancer. I don't think the word 'AIDS' came out until '84. I just remember it being terrifying as more people got sick. We didn't know how you could catch it, you heard all kinds of crazy things.

Cancer, Crazy, Gay, Terrifying, Things, Word

Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own.

Acting, Dance, Hands, Lakes, Swans, Toe

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

Cities, City, Love, New York, Show, Television

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself.

Face, Faces, Fat, Gains, Like, Looks

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

Feet, Hands, Huge, Shoe, Shoes, Wear

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.

Ambition, Down, Vehemence, Wish, Worky

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.

Except, Fault, Faults, Mistake, Person, Thinking

It's no stretch to picture me standing next to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Those are ethnic New York men. I'm an ethnic New York girl. Everybody has their limitations. I mean, I should never be cast as Queen Elizabeth.

Elizabeth, Ethnic, Girl, New York, Queens

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

Care, Dinner, Like, Make, People, Taking

I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent?

Children, Couple, Loving, Parent, Sex

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

Back, Back Again, Life, Mistake, Mistakes, Wanted

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

Dead, Lasts, Marriage, Successful, Successful Marriage

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

People, Performances, Remember, Tend

But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.

Access, Anger, Film, Hard, Intimacy, Issues

The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.

Given, Good, Honesty, Inspiring, Mothers Day, Real

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.

Bag, Cookies, Gain, Long, Night, Oatmeal Cookies

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.

Captures, Character, Film, Mother, Sprinkles, Thinking

My nickname was Skinabo - skin and bones.

Nickname, Nicknames, Skin, Skin And Bones, Skinabo, Skins

You've got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life family murders. What seems to be the good mother, the kind of hippie painter, sweet and cute mother has no love for her daughter really.

Cute, Daughter, Mother, Murders

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