I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question. I can't answer it without crying. I think, You're 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as that? I don't know the answer yet.
Ellen BarkinWould 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.
Ellen BarkinNo more bare bodies in film scenes for me. For my children's sake, I must stop. The other kids at school keep throwing it up to my children, and they are not kind.
Ellen BarkinWhen I played Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, they liked that Leo had very hooded eyes and a rounded nose with a ball. They said, They look like they could be mother and son.
Ellen BarkinIโm tenacious, I think โ I know โ and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I canโt do something, if I know I canโt do it Iโm the first to raise my hand and say, โI canโt do that.โ But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, โReally? Really? You think I โ yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.
Ellen Barkin