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