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There's something about it that makes sense, Lent. You give something up, and everything's more joyful.
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If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent.
Elaine Stritch
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Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing.
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I think I have more humour in me than anger. But those two things are great bed-fellows, performance-wise.
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You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.
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I'm loaded with talent.
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Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
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My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.
Elaine Stritch
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I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy.
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I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.
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For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
Elaine Stritch
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I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.
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Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'
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Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people.
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I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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I loved being on Broadway, but performing has become exhausting, and I just don't want to live in New York anymore. I'm just sick of the competition in New York, the feeling that I always have to rehearse to keep up my performance. I don't feel like rehearsing, even though it should be my favorite thing in the world to do.
Elaine Stritch
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I don't want to see my family all the time, and they're delighted, I'm sure, to be aware of that.
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I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'
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When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill.
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There are a lot of things I do that I don't want to, but I have to. It's truly an emotional need for me to perform.
Elaine Stritch