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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. "

Elaine Stritch

Work

Good

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Elaine Stritch

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Never

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Elaine Stritch

Hate

Terrible

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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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Craft

How

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" I think I have more humour in me than anger. But those two things are great bed-fellows, performance-wise. "

" There are a lot of things I do that I don't want to, but I have to. It's truly an emotional need for me to perform. "

" 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. "

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You

Time

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