Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritchwas an American actress and singer, known for her work on Broadway. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth2 February 1925
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening.
fear frightens
There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear.
street time yorkers
New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!'
clever speeches takes time work
Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.
hard stayed
I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in.
betty good image money taking white work
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.
government tells understand
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.
experience performers technique
These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is.
anyone good
I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!
people
This is for people who have dough. It's expensive. That's the way it is.
company glad none
Look at the company I'm in here. And I'm so glad none of them won.
jobs noses fine
I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
mother care want
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.'
compare sondheim
I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.