>>> ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SERIES,
"TODAY LIVING LEGENDS." ELLEN BURSTYN THIS MORNING.
>> SHE CHILLED US IN "EXORCIST."
AND THRILLED US IN "HOUSE OF
CARD."
CARD."
NOW, SHE SITS DOWN WITH AL
ROKER.
>> I LOVE THIS SERIES.
SHES WON AN EMMY. SHES WONS OSCARS, A TONY.
ELLEN TOLD ME, SHE IS JUST
GETTING WARMED UP, ALWAYS WITH
AN EYE OUT FOR HER NEXT GREAT
PROJECT.
>> THIS WAS AN OLD CHURCH. >> Reporter: SPEND AN AFTERNOON
WITH 85-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS ELLEN
BURSTYN AT HER ALMA MATER, THE
ACTORS STUDIO, AND YOURE
SURROUNDED WITH REASONS WHY HER
CAREER HAS SPANNED 100 ROLES AND
6 DECADES.
ANY THOUGHT GOING FOR A GRAMMY? >> I HAVE TO HAVE IT. A GRAMMY?
>> I HAVE TO HAVE IT. >> YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
>> IVE GOT TO HAVE IT.
>> Reporter: OSCAR-WINNING AND
NOMINATED PERFORMANCES IN 1970
FILMS "ALICE DOESNT LIVE HER
ANYMORE."
ANYMORE." >> I HATE THAT PLACE.
I SAID I HATE IT AND I WAS
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
>> Reporter: AND "THE EXORCIST" AND 2000S, "REQUEUM FOR ARCIST"
AND 2000S, "REQUEUM FOR A DREAM."
DREAM."
AND "HOUSE OF CARDS," WHICH SHE
WAS A PRIMETIME NOMINEE.
>> I AM A MOTHER.
>> WHEN I WAS 7, I REMEMBER
WRITING MY FIRST OSCAR
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> Reporter: DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT YOU SAID?
>> I THANKED THE ACADEMY FOR
THIS GREAT HONOR.
>> Reporter: BORN EDNA RAY GILULI IN DETROIT, BURST OUT IN
"FAIR GAME" IN THE 50s.
THE FIRST OF A DOZEN ROLES ON
STAGE, MAKING HER WAY THROUGH
HOLLYWOOD, AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN
WERE TAKING ON STRONGER ROLES IN
FILM.
FILM.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE #TIMESUP, #METOOG
ABOUT THE #TIMESUP, #METOO MOVIE.
MOVIE.
>> WEVE BEEN LIVING THROUGH
THIS FOR CENTURIES.
WEVE BEEN LIVING IN A PATRIARCHTY.VING IN A
PATRIARCHTY. ITS BEING BROUGHT TO THE
ATTENTION OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT
EQUALITY IS NEEDED.Y.
ITS BEING BROUGHT TO THE
ATTENTION OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT
EQUALITY IS NEEDED.
AND POSSIBLE.
AND POSSIBLE. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR CAREER
WOULD GO IF YOU WERE COMING UP
TODAY?
TODAY?
>> I THINK IF I WERE STARTING TODAY, I MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT
ATTITUDE ABOUT MY OWN EQUALITY.
I DIDNT HAVE THAT THEN.
WHEN I PUT OUT "LIVE HERE
TOGETHER" AT WARNER BROTHERS,
THEY ASKED IF I WANTED PRODUCER
CREDIT.
CREDIT.
I SAID NO.
I WANT A GOOD PART TO PLAY.
IM LIKE -- YOU KNOW.
THAT WAS THE CONSCIOUSNESS AT
THE TIME. >> Reporter: DO YOU REMEMBER AT
WHAT POINT YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD
COME INTO YOUR OWN?
THAT YOU HAD DEVELOPED INTO THIS
PERSON WHO YOU ARE NOW?
>> IM STILL WORKING ON IT.
I HAVENT GOTTEN ANYWHERE NEAR
FEELING THAT IVE GROWN ENOUGH.
I STILL FEEL LIKE, I DIDNT EVEN
LEARN FRENCH FOR GODS SAKES.
IM NOWHERE NEAR HAPPY WITH
WHERE IVE GOTTEN.
>> Reporter: REALLY?
>> AS LONG AS IM ALIVE, I WANT
TO KEEP GROWING.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU MOST
PROUD OF?
PROUD OF? >> I HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL
SON.
SON.
HES A REALLY GOOD MAN.
THOUGHTFUL, OPEN, CARING, LOVING.FUL, OPEN, CARING,
LOVING.
HES A GOOD FATHER. AND FOR SOMEBODY WHO DIDNT HAVE
A FATHER, TO ACTUALLY MOTHER A
MAN WHO IS A GOOD FATHER, I MUST
SAY IM PROUD OF THAT.
>> Reporter: I HAVE SPOKEN TO A
NUMBER OF ACTORS.
ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM SAYS
THERES ONE GREAT ROLE OUT