Writing is close to acting. In directing, you control. Acting, you can't control how good you are, and you can't control how good you are when you write. You can try to be good. Directing, you can't really control either,… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
You know, when I was very young, I thought it didn't matter what happened to me when I died, so long as my work… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
Writing is close to acting. In directing, you control. Acting, you can't control how good you are, and you can't control how good you… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
Laugh Line' was sort of the way I am at interviews. I could think of nothing. — Elaine May Copy Share Image
I'll know when I'm successful. That'll be when Safeway cashes my check without identification. — Elaine May Copy Share Image
We have such respect for the English that, when an Englishman says Hollywood sucks, people listen. — Elaine May Copy Share Image
“Quote of the Day “You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
The only successful person in the world is Bing Crosby. I'm sure he'll be working tomorrow, and that's success. — Elaine May Copy Share Image
The only thing experience teaches you is what you can't do. When you start, you think you can do anything. And then you start… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
If all of the people who hate 'Ishtar' had seen it, I would be a rich woman today. — Elaine May Copy Share Image
As a woman, they think I want to show that I'm a nice person. I'm no one to be feared. When it comes down… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
Luck is very strange. I'm lucky in that I met the guy who said, Go to the University of Chicago, and I hitchhiked there. — Elaine May Copy Share Image
