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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!

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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
World
Audiences
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Two drinks a day. Two drinks a day. TWO DRINKS A DAY! It doesn't work! Not when you want eleven, and not when you start shopping for wine glasses in the vase department at Bloomingdales.
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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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I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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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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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 love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.
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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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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 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 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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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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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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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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I want to settle down this last time. I say last, because I don't think I'm in any condition to live a long time from now. The bell's gonna ring pretty soon.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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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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