Anne Bancroft, eigentlich Anna Maria Louisa Italiano , war eine US-amerikanische Staatsbürgerin italienischer Abstammung. Als Schauspielerin erhielt sie 1963 den Oscar für ihre Rolle in Licht im Dunkel, am berühmtesten wurde aber wohl ihre Darstellung der Mrs. Robinson in Die Reifeprüfung . Auch am Broadway glänzte sie durch ihre einfühlsame Darstellung „starker“ Frauen. Der Schriftsteller Max Brooks ist ihr Sohn aus der Ehe mit Mel Brooks, mit dem sie über 40 Jahre verheiratet war. Wikipedia
“I understand the world… I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.”
Interview (2003).
Kontext: 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.
“He understands not only with his brain but with his heart.”
On her husband Mel Brooks Associated Press interview (1997).
Kontext: He understands not only with his brain but with his heart. And that might be called love. Not quite sure, but maybe that's the key.
On successful marriage. Associated Press interview (1997).
Kontext: First of all, you have to marry the right person. 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. So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.
On her decision to play Emma, in The Turning Point (1977). Interview People magazine, quoted in "Anne Bancroft" http://archive.salon.com/people/bc/2001/09/18/anne_bancroft/index2.html at Salon.com (18 September 2001).
“I don't quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him.”
On her husband Mel Brooks Associated Press interview (1997).
Interview on her role in the Broadway play "Two for the Seesaw". The New York Times (1958).
Associated Press interview (1997).
Associated Press interview (1997).
“To this day, when men meet me, there's always that movie in the back of their mind.”
On The Graduate, " Anne Bancroft Finds Her Own Way Back http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/theater/theater-anne-bancroft-finds-her-own-way-back.html?pagewanted=2", interview with Peter Marks in the New York Times (17 February 2002).
We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.
Interview (2003).
