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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
Actress
Film Actor
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Michigan
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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.
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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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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 no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.
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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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Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
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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 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 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 compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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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