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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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" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes. "

" As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times. "

" There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear. "

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

" I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at. "

" 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. "

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

" Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing. "

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

" For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there. "

" I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself. "

" There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater. "

" 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 like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that. "

" 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. "

" New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!' "

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

" Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. "

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

" I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "