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
love similar
I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.
falling-in-love love-you chemistry
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.
falling-in-love mean hollywood
I certainly was not the romantic lead. I couldn't be that, because I was not that good looking. And that is something about Hollywood that I do not like at all. Why can't a woman who is just normally good looking fall in love? I mean, everybody in the movies is so good looking.
estate fell hammer last less life minute nail point
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.
people
This is for people who have dough. It's expensive. That's the way it is.
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.
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.
life trying word
My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.
closer harder playing russian
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.
artists energy fear great less life next performance renewed work
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.
You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening.