Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

and directed by Jodie Foster; How to Make an American Quilt (1995) with Winona Ryder G. Bancroft also co-starred as a medieval nun obsessed with a priest opposite Jason Robards in the 1965 Broadway production of John Whiting's play The Devils. Jane (1997) with Demi Moore; Great Expectations (1998) with Gwyneth Paltrow; Keeping the Faith (2000) with Ben Stiller; and Heartbreakers (2001) with Jennifer Love Hewitt Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman.

Stone (2003) for which Anne Bancroft received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Bancroft's other acclaimed movies as a lead actress include Young Winston (1972) The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) To Be or Not to Be (1983) and 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).