# Ellen Burstyn on Going for the EGOT With Her Favorite Poems and Being Over ‘The Exorcist’: ‘It’s Enough Already’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ellen-burstyn-on-going-for-the-egot-with-her-favorite-poems-and-being-over-the-exorcist-its-enough-already/
- Published: 2026-10-22T20:30:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T21:57:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/ellen-burstyn-egot-grammys-exorcist-awards-1236921700/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Burstyn could complete her EGOT with a Grammy win.
- At 93, she would be the oldest person to do so.
- Her audiobook features poems that have shaped her life.

## Summary

Ellen Burstyn is in the running for a Grammy for narrating her poetry collection, “Poetry Says It Better”, which could complete her EGOT. At 93, she would become the oldest person to achieve the distinction, drawing attention to a career spanning stage, film and television.

The audiobook runs for five hours and nine minutes and is shortlisted for best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording. Burstyn already has an Oscar, a Tony, two Emmys and the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion; she says her granddaughter encouraged her to pursue the final award. The collection brings together poems that have supported her through life, including William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus”.

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