Elaine Stritch Quotes

United States, Actress
February 2, 1925 – July, 17, 2014.

Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) was an American actress and singer, known for her work on Broadway. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995.

Also known as Singer

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

Elaine Stritch
I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.

Elaine Stritch

There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater.

Elaine Stritch
My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

Elaine Stritch
- Life
- Trying
- Waiting
I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that.

Elaine Stritch
- Women
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
- Emotional
When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.

Elaine Stritch
- Work
- Comedy
What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

Elaine Stritch

Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.

Elaine Stritch
- Comedy
- Dying
I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.

Elaine Stritch
I think taking care of yourself, health-wise, in every way, is a 100 percent winner.

Elaine Stritch
- Health
- Wise
I like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that.

Elaine Stritch
- People