Best Elaine Stritch Sayings
- 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.'… All
- If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less… Artists
- 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… Badly
- I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here. Born
- My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable. Career
- There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time. Apparently
- Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Clever
- The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know? Deep
- You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening. Happening
- Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people. Alienates
- Talent is seductive. Seductive