{"id":709,"date":"2026-05-04T07:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ellen-burstyn-shares-the-habits-she-gave-up-to-stay-thriving-at-93-years-old\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:18:22","slug":"ellen-burstyn-shares-the-habits-she-gave-up-to-stay-thriving-at-93-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ellen-burstyn-shares-the-habits-she-gave-up-to-stay-thriving-at-93-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Burstyn shares the habits she gave up to stay thriving at 93 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/newspress-collage-5tdqxwjs6-1777878023528.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ellen Burstyn is sharing her secrets to\u00a0longevity\u00a0at 93.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent appearance on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0hKX8V37IYZzYo7EjSRyjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literally! With Rob Lowe\u201d podcast<\/a>, the actress, who recently released her new book \u201cPoetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up,\u201d revealed the habits that she gave up to adopt the healthy lifestyle that has kept her thriving into her ninth decade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>I don\u2019t drink alcohol. I don\u2019t smoke cigarettes anymore. I don\u2019t smoke marijuana anymore,\u201d the Oscar winner said.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cI don\u2019t eat meat. I have a\u00a0plant-based diet. I exercise, walk my dog several mornings a week or almost every morning a week, and have a trainer, workout in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u00a0live a healthy life\u00a0and it pays off,\u201d Burstyn added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ellen Burstyn arrives at \u201cLive with Kelly &amp; Mark\u201d in New York City, April 29, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While appearing on \u201cLive With Kelly and Mark\u201d last Tuesday, \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d star said that she still exercises every day, noting that she particularly enjoys taking walks in\u00a0New York City\u2019s\u00a0Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how you get to be 93 and still kicking,\u201d Burstyn told co-hosts\u00a0Kelly Ripa\u00a0and Mark Consuelos.<\/p>\n<p>Burstyn previously opened up about her choice to embrace a healthy lifestyle during a 2023 conversation with her <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/law-order\/\">\u201cLaw &amp; Order: Organized Crime\u201d<\/a> co-star Christopher Meloni for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/ellen-burstyn-tells-christopher-meloni-all-of-her-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bradley Cooper, Ellen Burstyn and Christopher Meloni at Lincoln Center on February 14, 2024 in New York City. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cAlice Doesn\u2019t Live Here Anymore\u201d actress pointed to eating well, becoming a vegetarian and avoiding alcohol, smoking, and drugs as key decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I decided after doing all those bad things for a couple of decades,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Burstyn explained that she also\u00a0keeps her mind active\u00a0through reading, creative work and maintaining a social life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Burstyn as Claire Underwood\u2019s mother in \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d Season 4. <span class=\"credit\">David Giesbrecht\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Burstyn questioned if\u00a0ageism in Hollywood\u00a0is a myth and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/01\/ellen-burstyn-on-new-rom-com-queen-bees-metoo-and-giving-up-vices\/\">revealed that her career was busier than \u201cever\u201d at the age of 90<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burstyn expressed her surprise over being offered so many roles in her later years, telling Meloni, \u201cThis is so bizarre. I turn 91 in December and I\u2019m busier than I can ever remember being at any point in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I don\u2019t understand it at all,\u201d she continued. \u201cI mean, what\u2019s all this stuff about ageism in Hollywood? How did I get left out of it?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Burstyn as Chris MacNeil in \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d (1973).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the 62-year-old actor asked Burstyn for her thoughts on the reason behind her continually robust career, the\u00a0Michigan\u00a0native offered one theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, except possibly that everybody else who could play those parts has already died, so I\u2019m the only actress still standing who can play the great-grandmother or something,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After Meloni asked Burstyn asked what keeps her going and excited to work at her age, she shared that she begins every day with gratitude.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Burstyn attends the 39th Annual Muse Awards at The New York Hilton Midtown on December 13, 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI try to have the first words out of my mouth be, \u2018Thank you,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cThank you that I\u2019m alive. Thank you that I\u2019m safe. Thank you that I\u2019m healthy. Thank you that I\u2019m 90 and still going. Thank you for my doggies. I mean, I have a lot to live in a state of gratitude for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Organized Crime,\u201d Burstyn played Bernadette \u201cBernie\u201d Stabler, the troubled, bipolar mother of Meloni\u2019s character Detective Elliot Stabler.<\/p>\n<p>Burstyn originated the role during the tenth season of \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d when she appeared in the episode \u201cSwing,\u201d earning the Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding guest actress in a series for her performance.<\/p>\n<p>She became a recurring guest star in the \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Organized Crime\u201d starting in the \u201cLaw &amp; Order\u201d spinoff\u2019s second season in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, NBC announced that it had canceled \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Organized Crime\u201d after five seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Burstyn will next be seen in the upcoming drama film \u201cPlace To Be,\u201d which also stars Taika Waititi,\u00a0Pamela Anderson, \u00c9dgar Ram\u00edrez, Lena Waithe, Murray Bartlett and Maika Monroe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/ellen-burstyn-shares-the-habits-she-gave-up-to-stay-thriving-at-93-years-old\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen Burstyn is sharing her secrets to\u00a0longevity\u00a0at 93. 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