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" 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. "

Elaine Stritch

Love

New York

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" My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable. "

" If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less fear. These great artists take me out of my life and make me want to go there. "

" There's something about it that makes sense, Lent. You give something up, and everything's more joyful. "

Elaine Stritch

Joyful

" I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something. "

" You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny. "

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

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

" Talent is seductive. "

Elaine Stritch

Talent

Seductive

" I love New York. I went to New York to become an actress, and I did it. And I won all the awards known to man. And I'm happy. And I came home. I came, I saw, I conquered. And it feels great. "

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

" There were a lot of lyrics that I sang but didn't understand. But I had this facade in performance of looking like I wrote the book. "

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

" I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy. "