Anne Bancroft quotes

Anne Bancroft was an acclaimed American actress known for her powerful performances on stage and screen. Her role as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" became a defining moment in cinema history. She won numerous awards throughout her career and remains a celebrated figure in the world of acting. Here are 28 of her quotes:

If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, it's never going to work, because then you have to completely change yourself, completely change them, completely - by that time, you're both dead.

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.

Anne Bancroft

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

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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.

Anne Bancroft

If there are, let's say, 20 astronauts, there may be two women among those 20 astronauts. If there are 20 FBI guys, there's one woman and the rest are men. So when somebody writes a script about life, usually the leading role will be the man, because mostly what women do is at home taking care of the children...That's the most important job there is on Earth. And why shouldn't women have it since they are the better of the two sexes?

Anne Bancroft

The greatest way to get most husbands to eliminar la celulitis do one thing is to suggest that perhaps they're also old to do it.

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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.

Anne Bancroft

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

Anne Bancroft

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.

Anne Bancroft

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

Anne Bancroft

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Anne Bancroft

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

Anne Bancroft

To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.

Anne Bancroft

I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.

Anne Bancroft

He understands not only with his brain but with his heart.

Anne Bancroft

I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker.

Anne Bancroft

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

Anne Bancroft

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.

Anne Bancroft

For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?

Anne Bancroft

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

Anne Bancroft

This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.

Anne Bancroft

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Anne Bancroft