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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.

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
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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 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 wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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 never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.
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There's something exciting about being afraid.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.
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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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