Anne Bancroft

"First of all, you have to marry the right person. If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, its never going to work, because then you have to completely change yourself, completely change them, completely — by that time, youre both dead. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person."

"I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me Im grateful, and if you dont, what am I going to do about it?"

"There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but — the content of the role itself — I find there are many roles."

"I dont quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him."

"I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. Were talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... Im just a little dismayed that people arent beyond it yet."

"I identified with both women. But Emma had a stronger message for the women I want to speak to now— women who work. I wanted to tell them that choosing to work doesnt make them oddballs and isnt antisocial."

"To this day, when men meet me, theres always that movie in the back of their mind."