Marian Seldes

“People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'”

“Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.”

“I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.”

“If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I love being with someone, taking care of someone.”