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Not until seven years later, after a score of forgotten movie and TV roles, did she settle down to studying acting seriously with Lee Strasberg and later with the Actors Studio. She credits her Stras-berg-and-Studio experience with her own belated development. "Like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," she grins, "for me, it's been Zen and the art of acting."
Burstyn is currently rehearsing her first Broadway play in 17 years, Bernard Slade's Same Time Next Year. After three marriages, she is adamant about remaining single. Her life is filled by her son, her work, four cats, two dogs. She is (she quotes proudly a line she wrote for Alice) "living my own life, not some man's life I'm helping him out with."