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
theatre tragic
You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.
beatty knows
I don't know what to do with Warren Beatty. All I know is that he wasn't attracted to me. That's all right.
clue how-to-be-happy grandeur
I’d like to discover life. Quite frankly I don’t know how to be happy. I have not a clue. I only serve — and I don’t say that with any grandeur. I just serve others through entertaining. That’s when I am happy. I’m not just delighted with myself when I’m entertaining, but I’m happier than when I’m not.
thinking looks way
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.
lying theatre mouths
You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.
progress stuff aging
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.
inspired humans human-beings
I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
morning sick effort
I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort.
new-york holiday cities
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.
talent wasting-my-time stage
If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
thinking thrill world
I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
pain ass reacting
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.
doe
Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
want littles dames
I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.