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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
Actress
Film Actor
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Michigan
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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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It's a pain in the ass, show business. And the only time that I really enjoy it is when I'm in front of an audience and they're reacting to me.
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Tony Bennett said to me, Wow, your talent is amazing. Maybe he's a bore, maybe he's a jerk, but when he said that to me, I didn't need anything more than that.
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I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.
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Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
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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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For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork
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For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.
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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.
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New York is like a disco, but without the music
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All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.
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I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer. That's life. And, you know, life goes on!
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I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me.
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There's nothing attractive about doing a documentary. Nothing. It's hard, hard work, and I find having all the attention of the day on me a very unattractive proposition.
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It gets tiring being a smartass.
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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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I love holidays in New York. I love `em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.
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I felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it's exciting.
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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