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" Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.' "
Elaine Stritch
Only
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Say
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" I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me. "
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" 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. "
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" Honestly, this is a big thing to say, but I don't think I've ever been bored. If I even get an inkling of it, I split. "
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" Talent is seductive. "
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" 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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" There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear. "
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" I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide. "
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" There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time. "
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" I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in. "
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" My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent. "
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" I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar. "
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" These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is. "
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" I'm loaded with talent. "
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" I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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Day
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" I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. "
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Sugar
Intention
Blood
" I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there. "
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" There's something about it that makes sense, Lent. You give something up, and everything's more joyful. "
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" Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people. "
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" Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. "
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" My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting. "
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Serenity
" 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. "
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Side
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" New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!' "
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" I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice. "
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" All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party. "
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" 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. "
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" I never thought about living in New York. I just thought it was great. "
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" I think being boring is just the worst sin of all time. "
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