I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

Quote by Ellen Burstyn

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I think that the change began... I made a film a few years ago called...

I think that the change began... I made a film a few years ago called...

I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that...

I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that...

I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on...

I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on...

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a...

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a...

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell....

It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell....

I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing....

I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing....

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

I'm constantly fluctuating back and forth between 'I'm so lonely, I wish someone love me'...

I'm constantly fluctuating back and forth between 'I'm so lonely, I wish someone love me'...

Being alone makes you learn a lot about yourself.

Being alone makes you learn a lot about yourself.

I find myself alone in this world and I'm very sad. Everyone has abandoned me...

I find myself alone in this world and I'm very sad. Everyone has abandoned me...

There is something about the presence of a cat...that seems to take the bite out...

There is something about the presence of a cat...that seems to take the bite out...

The only place I fu-ked up is that I thought that you'd always be mine.

The only place I fu-ked up is that I thought that you'd always be mine.

Boys suck! Just confirmation that I'd rather be alone!

Boys suck! Just confirmation that I'd rather be alone!

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being...

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being...

A wrong relationship will make you feel more alone than when you were single.

A wrong relationship will make you feel more alone than when you were single.

I rather argue with you than be right all by myself.

I rather argue with you than be right all by myself.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

Sometimes being alone is better than being with people who do not appreciate your love.

Sometimes being alone is better than being with people who do not appreciate your love.

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...