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" I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. "

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" Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people. "

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

" I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here. "

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

" I think being boring is just the worst sin of all time. "

" Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me. "

" Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life. "

" Betty White is probably a very nice woman. "

" I think it's the wrong way around to say, 'When you get older move to the country.' I think when you get older you move to New York. "

" I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I like glasses so I can go out without my makeup. Just grab your coat and get your hat and go. "

" I think taking care of yourself, health-wise, in every way, is a 100 percent winner. "

" 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 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. "

" I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time, and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City. "

" I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy. "

" 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. "

" If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent. "

" I loved being on Broadway, but performing has become exhausting, and I just don't want to live in New York anymore. I'm just sick of the competition in New York, the feeling that I always have to rehearse to keep up my performance. I don't feel like rehearsing, even though it should be my favorite thing in the world to do. "

" The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know? "

" I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends - as soon as I'd say, 'I gotta go home now,' they fell in love. "

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

" Isn't this fantastic, what a star I am? "

" 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. "