Skinniness Is Not Your Friend When You're Over 40. I'd Like To Gain A Good 10 Pounds, But I Did Always Have A Fat, Round Face That Plagued Me When I Was Young. When I Started To Make Movies, I Couldn't Look At Myself.

-Ellen Barkin

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Skinniness Is Not Your Friend When You're

Ellen Barkin

Skinniness Is Not Your Friend When You're Over 40. I'd Like To Gain A Good 10 Pounds, But I Did Always Have A Fat, Round Face That Plagued Me When I Was Young. When I Started To Make Movies, I Couldn't Look At Myself.

Topic

Looks

Gains

Faces

I'm Method Trained. How Is This Character Like Me? What Does She Think Of Her Mother? What Does Her Mother Think Of Her? It's Like Construction, And Then, Yes, You Hope You're Talented And That The Universe Aligns And Captures The Kind Of Laborer's Work You've Done And Whatever Else Sprinkles Down On You, And It's All Caught On Film Or Onstage.

Mother

Character

Thinking