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I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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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 I'm gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ever. I just don't know - who the hell knows what's gonna happen to them? Nobody! Isn't that comforting? Nobody has a clue. I like that we don't know. And I like that it's somebody else's decision, not mine.
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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 don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
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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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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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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 don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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It gets tiring being a smartass.
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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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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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I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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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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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 love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’m just sad because I don’t have many years left and I wish I had a longer space of time to think that Elaine Stritch is okay.
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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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This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.
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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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