Best Elaine Stritch Quotes
- Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease. Diabetes
- 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. Audience
- You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures. Ahead
- 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… All
- All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff. All
- All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party. All
- As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times. Amount
- Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life. Audience
- Betty White is probably a very nice woman. Betty
- Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.' Actress
- Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives. Base
- For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there. Coming
- I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. Beings
- I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has… Care
- I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it. Analyze
- I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something. Believe
- I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it. Acting
- I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that. Changed
- I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at. Any
- I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice. Anything Twice
- 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… Actor
- I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all,… Abstain
- I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. Better
- I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar. Anybody
- Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me. Asked