Eva Marie Saint

“I think I may have the baby right here.”

Eva Marie Saint · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-06

Saint accepted her Academy Award for "On the Waterfront" while pregnant with her first child.

“I worried about it, I worked on it, I tried to use what I was learning at the studio. I finally did the scene, and I cried, and my peers were crying with me. It was just an incredible moment for me.”

Eva Marie Saint · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-06

Saint told The Santa Barbara Independent in 2009 about performing a scene where she had to cry in front of her peers at the Actors Studio.

“Lee Strasberg, when he got to know me a little bit, gave me a scene to do where I had to cry in front of my peers,”

Eva Marie Saint · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-06

Saint told The Santa Barbara Independent in 2009 how acting coach Lee Strasberg helped her overcome shyness at the Actors Studio.

“All I know is that Marlon got in the door and turned on the music. We started dancing. He flicked my skirt. Kazan saw the sparks fly, and that's how I got the part.”

Eva Marie Saint · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-06

Saint told the Los Angeles Times in 2001 about her improvisation audition with Marlon Brando for "On the Waterfront" before director Elia Kazan.

“He was so right. And that’s what husbands are for.”

Eva Marie Saint · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-06

Saint told Vanity Fair in 2014 that her husband Jeffrey Hayden was right to urge her to reread the "North by Northwest" script.

“I vividly remember him saying, ‘Honey, I think you should find a quiet spot. I’ll take care of the children and I want you to really think about this and reread this script,’”

Eva Marie Saint · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-06

Saint recalled to Vanity Fair in 2014 what her husband Jeffrey Hayden told her when persuading her to star in Hitchcock's "North by Northwest."