Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.

As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.

For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork

Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.

The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’m just sad because I don’t have many years left and I wish I had a longer space of time to think that Elaine Stritch is okay.

You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.

New York is like a disco, but without the music