Ellen Burstyn

Hollywood legend Ellen Burstyn starred in Martin Scorsese’s film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore’, a project she initially came up with and wanted to direct.

Burstyn eventually contacted the filmmaker to take over the directorial work in the film revolving around a New Mexico housewife whose dream is to become a singer.

Speaking to Deadline, the 91-year-old actress shared about her time on set with the director.

She said: “Marty has an energy, that’s all I can say. When you enter on the set, you’re in this creative, energetic, alive space. And some kind of reality emerges out of it, some kind of realness that we strive for all the time, actually, and when we’re doing our best work and we’ve achieved it, it’s an energy field, and you get in it and sparks start flying between the actors.”