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Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know 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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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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I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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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 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 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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There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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 never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.
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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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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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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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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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This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.
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It gets tiring being a smartass.
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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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