Elaine Stritch Quotes
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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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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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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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I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.
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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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You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.
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Betty White is probably a very nice woman.
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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 love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.
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When I want to do something badly enough, I do it, but there is a practical side of me that thinks I should be paid fairly.
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I'm loaded with talent.
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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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I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me.
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I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time, and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.
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I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!
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My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.
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If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent.
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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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I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy.
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I like glasses so I can go out without my makeup. Just grab your coat and get your hat and go.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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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New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!'