Elaine Stritch Quotes
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Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.
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There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
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I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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Drama drama drama. The public wants it, so let them get the whole ugly mess. Why not?
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And why not do something new every day of your life? Change! Change!
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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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It gets tiring being a smartass.
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I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person.
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Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she's probably the best movie actress there's ever been.
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I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.
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For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork
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I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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Everybody's got a sack of rocks.
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I don't dislike the way I look. I think I look fine. I think I look extraordinary for 88. And I've got energy. Out of my way.
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I’d like to discover life. Quite frankly I don’t know how to be happy. I have not a clue. I only serve — and I don’t say that with any grandeur. I just serve others through entertaining. That’s when I am happy. I’m not just delighted with myself when I’m entertaining, but I’m happier than when I’m not.
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All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.
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Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'
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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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Tony Bennett said to me, "Wow, your talent is amazing." Maybe he's a bore, maybe he's a jerk, but when he said that to me, I didn't need anything more than that.
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Easy does it is what I'm looking for.
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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 don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.
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This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.
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I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer. That's life. And, you know, life goes on!
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I don't think I'm gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ever. I just don't know - who the hell knows what's gonna happen to them? Nobody! Isn't that comforting? Nobody has a clue. I like that we don't know. And I like that it's somebody else's decision, not mine.
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I don't know what to do with Warren Beatty. All I know is that he wasn't attracted to me. That's all right.
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I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort.
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Woody Allen is a better actor than anybody from the Actors Studio, and he can be anybody he says he is.
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