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But I was always uncomfortable in that. Physically uncomfortable. Either from the fat suit, or the neck, or my severe dieting. Or wearing the camera.
He's very inventive with his use of the camera, and innovative, so I was doing some creative things I had never done before.
I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!
I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow ... (more Ellen Burstyn quotes)
Ellen played her Academy Award nominated character from 1978's Same Time, Next Year on Broadway first and won a Tony Award for Best Actress in 1975.
Ellen is an ordained minister.
Ellen turned down the lead role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 due to the fact that her husband was ill and she had to care for him.
Ellen has stated in the book "On Women Turning 50" that she did not attend the 1975 Academy Awards, where she won the Best... (more Ellen Burstyn trivia)