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Elaine Stritch

(1925–2014) Singer United States

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Elaine Stritch was a singer from the United States, best known for Am I blue?.

Quick Facts About Elaine Stritch

Born: February 2, 1925
Died: July 17, 2014
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Am I blue?
Known for: 30 Rock, Law & Order, Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Spouse: John Bay

About Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch was an American actress, singer, and comedian, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. Stritch was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Drama League Award Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

Quotes by Elaine Stritch · Page 2

And why not do something new every day of your life? Change! Change!

Aging

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I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it!…

Been

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I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

Acting

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New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!'

Me

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You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening.

Happening

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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!

Audience

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Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

Actresses

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Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.

Diabetes

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It's a pain in the ass, show business. And the only time that I really enjoy it is when I'm in front…

Ass

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If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed…

Art

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I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here.

Born

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I certainly was not the romantic lead. I couldn't be that, because I was not that good looking. And that is something…

Fall

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

About

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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.

Active

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There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear.

Fear

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I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

Found

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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.

Hot

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Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.

Important

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Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

Doe

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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…

Business

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New York is like a disco, but without the music

Disco

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I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.

Even

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What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what…

About

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I don't know what should have happened in my life, but I do know that I'm dancing as fast as I can.

Dance

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Easy does it is what I'm looking for,

Doe

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