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
against breeding broads convent crap extending finger great schools sipping
Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing.
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I've come to the point in my life where less is more. The minute the last hammer fell on the last nail I called the real estate office.
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Marlon's going to school to learn the Method was like sending a tiger to jungle school.
funny
I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.
badly paid
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.
definite
There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater.
My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable.
love similar
I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.
life trying word
My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.
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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.
playing shoot work
When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.
humor people york
The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?
people
I like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that.
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If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less fear. These great artists take me out of my life and make me want to go there.