People say, ‘How can you stay in a play for a long time?’ I say, ‘The audience is never the same.’ Marian Seldes Read Quote
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. Marian Seldes Read Quote
I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I’m sure that, although I wasn’t aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me. Marian Seldes Read Quote
I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays – even great tragedies – have enormous humor in them. Marian Seldes Read Quote
I’m not a good tourist. I don’t like walking around and looking at things. I like being in a city and working and finding out how other people live. Marian Seldes Read Quote
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. Marian Seldes Read Quote
I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people’s voices was that my mother’s voice was so soft and gentle and her pronunciation was so perfect. Marian Seldes Read Quote
I think of myself as only being an actress when I’m acting, but my friends will say I act all the time. Marian Seldes Read Quote
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. Marian Seldes Read Quote
An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository. Marian Seldes Read Quote
