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I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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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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It's very disconcerting to start out and to say, I'm going to tell the truth, and then to realize it's that much trouble.
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I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort.
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Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she's probably the best movie actress there's ever been.
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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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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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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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This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.
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As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.
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I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
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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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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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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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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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Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.
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I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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