Elaine Stritch Quotes

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.

There's something exciting about being afraid.

I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer. That's life. And, you know, life goes on!

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.

New York is like a disco, but without the music

It gets tiring being a smartass.

All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.

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.

Easy does it is what I'm looking for.

Two drinks a day. Two drinks a day. TWO DRINKS A DAY! It doesn't work! Not when you want eleven, and not when you start shopping for wine glasses in the vase department at Bloomingdales.

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

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.

All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.

If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.

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.

I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.

I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.

I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.

I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.