Marian Seldes

I always think of myself as an 18-year-old beginning my career, all the time.

I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person I've worked with has helped me.

Theatre is where I am confident and happy.

I almost never go to the theatre without seeing someone I've taught or known at Juilliard.

I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.

If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.

The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.

I've been, for want of a better phrase, a supporting actress so much of my life.

All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.

I love being with someone, taking care of someone.

I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.