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
telling-the-truth
When you're dealing with your life, my God, you gotta tell the truth.
lunch long long-time
There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
tire smartass
It gets tiring being a smartass.
jail long telling-the-truth
If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.
lying theatre important
Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.
new-york disco
New York is like a disco, but without the music
country new-york nice
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. If you're a nice broad they'll look after you.
theatre stranger audience
Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
exciting being-afraid
There's something exciting about being afraid.
way too-much exciting
I felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it's exciting.
taught actresses cameras
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.
behave humans human-beings
This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.
life-changing why-not aging
And why not do something new every day of your life? Change! Change!
night world truth-is
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.