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

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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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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 don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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People will always be around to tell you you're no good or you're wrong or unwise to keep doing what you want to do. They're wrong. They're always wrong. Keep going.
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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.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.
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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 certainly was not the romantic lead. I couldn't be that, because I was not that good looking. And that is something about Hollywood that I do not like at all. Why can't a woman who is just normally good looking fall in love? I mean, everybody in the movies is so good looking.
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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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