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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.

Elaine Stritch

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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
Actress
Film Actor
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Detroit
Michigan
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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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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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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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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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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 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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There's something exciting about being afraid.
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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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It gets tiring being a smartass.
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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 find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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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 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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I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.
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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 don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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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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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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