Quotes from Anne Bancroft

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.

The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present.

I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being.

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

Girls should go on thinking that there is a world out there and that it is theirs for the taking.

The things we overcome in life really become our strengths.

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I will do the best I can.

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

When Mel told his Jewish mother he was marrying an Italian girl, she said: "Bring her over. I'll be in the kitchen with my head in the oven".

The studios wanted to give me the Monroe-type sex buildup. I wanted to develop my acting, not my body.

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

To this day, when men meet me, there's always that movie in the back of their mind.

I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't 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 doesn't make them oddballs and isn't antisocial.

He understands not only with his brain but with his heart. And that might be called love. Not quite sure, but maybe that's the key.

I don't quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him.

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 I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.

My heart flutters whenever I hear his key Turning int he door, and I think to myself, Oh goody, the party is about to begin.

No, No and No. I'm not desperate unlike what you think. I'm not like the madding crowd. I'm a different breed of woman. The sort of woman who's unstoppable once she's set her mind onto something. I march to the beat of my own drum like a free-spirit and I know exactly what I want out of life. So get it out of your head honey.

No, No and No. I'm not desperate unlike what you think. I'm not like the madding crowd. I'm a different breed of woman. The sort of woman who's unstoppable once she's set her mind onto something. I march to the beat of my own drum and I know exactly what I want out of life. So get it out of your head honey.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

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 I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.