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

- Marian Seldes

I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what impressed me and stayed wit…

- Marian Seldes

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

- Marian Seldes

An actress spends a lifetime observing people. You build up a mental library. No, not a library. Make that a repository.

- Marian Seldes

My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?" I always remember this and it's tr…

- Marian Seldes

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

- Marian Seldes

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

- Marian Seldes

In Milly Barranger, Margaret Webster has found the perfect biographer. In Margaret Webster, Milly Barranger has found her perfect subject. She brings…

- Marian Seldes

Own the room. 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 tim…

- Marian Seldes