Anne Bancroft Biography

On her work:

"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."

On life:

"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."

On marriage:

"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'."