“I was doing the work I was capable of doing with my own native talent,...” — Ellen Burstyn Quote

“I was doing the work I was capable of doing with my own native talent, but when I looked at actors like Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, Kim Stanley, and Geraldine Page, I knew that they knew something that I didn't know. I wanted to find out what that was.”

“With 'The Last Picture Show,' Peter Bogdanovich brought the script to the company that made it. They liked it, and they gave him the money he needed to make the film. He cast it with the actors that he thought were right for the parts. Now, it's the reverse.”

“I loved Marlon Brando: my favorite actor.”

“When I grew into a teenager, I became obsessed with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Cliff, and James Dean.”

“Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.”