Episode 1237 - Ellen Burstyn

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Ellen Burstyn doesn't stop working. She's an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony winner with iconic performances in everything from The Last Picture Show and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore to The Exorcist and Requiem for a Dream, but as Ellen tells Marc, stopping acting just isn't in the cards. They talk about the sea changes in Hollywood, her collaborations with dynamic creators like Martin Scorsese and Jackie Gleason, and her lead role in the new movie Queen Bees. Plus, Tom Scharpling is back so you can Get To Know Tom.

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0:00.0	Lock the gate!
0:01.0	All right, let's do this.
0:10.9	How are you, what the fuckers?
0:12.3	What the fuck buddies?
0:13.9	What the fuck, Nick?
0:15.1	What's happening?
0:16.1	I'm Mark Marron.
0:17.1	That is my name.
0:18.1	Did I just space it for a second?
0:19.1	Is that happening?
0:20.1	Did I just have a mild brain skid, brain fart situation?
0:25.1	Were for a split second?
0:26.8	I didn't know my name.
0:27.8	Do me a favor.
0:29.1	Please, let me have that freedom.
0:31.2	Is that from the meditation?
0:33.2	Is that what you get when you really get deep into it, when you tap into the big nothing,
0:38.0	when you hitch a ride on the big frequency, empty your brain that you don't even know who
0:42.1	you are, you're just a free spirit floating through space from your room?
0:47.5	Is that what happens?
0:49.2	Because man, if that was it, I want to hold on to that.
0:51.3	I want to have some control over not knowing who I am for a second.
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