All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.
--Elaine Stritch
And why not do something new every day of your life? Change! Change!
--Elaine Stritch
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'
--Elaine Stritch
Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys.
--Elaine Stritch
Everybody's just lovin' everybody else just too much for my money.
--Elaine Stritch
Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
--Elaine Stritch
I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
--Elaine Stritch
I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
--Elaine Stritch
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.
--Elaine Stritch
I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.
--Elaine Stritch
I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'
--Elaine Stritch
I try to think of myself as an actress playing Elaine Stritch. That helps.
--Elaine Stritch
It gets tiring being a smartass.
--Elaine Stritch
Talent is seductive.
--Elaine Stritch
Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people.
--Elaine Stritch
This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.
--Elaine Stritch
You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.
--Elaine Stritch
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.
--Elaine Stritch
You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening.
--Elaine Stritch
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