Ellen Barkin Net Worth

Ellen Barkin's Quotes

• No more bare bodies in film scenes for me. For my children's sake, I must stop. The other kids at school keep throwing it up to my children, and they are not kind.
• It's difficult to be married outside the profession. A lawyer might not understand that going to bed with Gabriel Byrne for three days is work for me. [1987]
• [on her second marriage] What the hell was I thinking? Marry a rich guy? Was I crazy? I didn't need that. I was already at the party. I didn't need someone to get me through the door. How could I be so clueless about who I am and what I value? Did I actually think I was going to give up working? It's important for me to work. [Parade Magazine, May 13, 2007]
• A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead. [Parade Magazine, May 13, 2007]
• [on becoming a young actress in the 2000s] Their careers are over in a blink. So I think it's harder for them to feel motivated to exhibit a real professionalism because they must wonder how long they are really going to be around for. It's really bad. There are exceptions obviously. There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part until one day your agent calls you us and says "Guess what? You're a movie star!" and you say "Thank you!"

Interesting Facts about Ellen Barkin

1. Gave birth to her first child at age 35, a son Jack Daniel Byrne in 1989. Child's father is her first ex-husband, Gabriel Byrne.
2. Ex-husband, Ronald O. Perelman, is the billionaire owner of the Revlon company.
3. Once admitted in an interview that she often has to wear glasses because she has a condition that is causing her to lose some vision in one eye.
4. She studied in New York at the High School of the Performing Arts, Hunter College and the Actors Studio.
5. She was born and raised in the Bronx in a "middle class Jewish home", and has described her childhood as quite happy. All four of her grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.
6. Considered for role in Brazil (1985) that went to Kim Greist. Director Terry Gilliam has said that he regrets not casting Barkin.
7. Christie's sold off the jewelery given to her by her ex-husband Ronald O. Perelman.
8. Sister of George Barkin.
9. Friend of Julianne Moore and Michelle Pfeiffer.
10. Although she separated from first husband Gabriel Byrne in 1993, she did not file for divorce until May 1999.
11. Her favorite actor to work with is Al Pacino.
12. Made her Broadway debut in 2011 as Dr. Emma Brookner in "The Normal Heart".
13. Barkin got a big break in 1980, when she beat out many actresses, including Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane, and landed a key role as a disturbed teenager in the play, "Shout Across the River", at the Phoenix Playhouse.
14. She studied for three years under acting teacher Lloyd Richards.
15. Won a Tony for her Broadway debut in 'The Normal Heart'.
16. Gave birth to her second child at age 38, a daughter Romy Marion Byrne on November 18, 1992. Child's father is her first ex-husband, Gabriel Byrne.