Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time, and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.

Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch

Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people.