Elaine Stritch

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

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

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.

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.

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

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

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.

When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't.

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

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

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.'

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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