American - Actress | February 2, 1925 - July 17, 2014
I think it's the wrong way around to say, 'When you get older move to the country.' I think when you get older you move to New York.
Elaine Stritch
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I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'
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When I want to do something badly enough, I do it, but there is a practical side of me that thinks I should be paid fairly.
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What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.
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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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Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.
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I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something.
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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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The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect.
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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.
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I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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