Author: Elaine Stritch

Quotes

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'

- Elaine Stritch

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

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

- Elaine Stritch

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

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

- Elaine Stritch

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

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

- Elaine Stritch

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

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

- Elaine Stritch

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.

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.

- Elaine Stritch

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

- Elaine Stritch

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.

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.

- Elaine Stritch

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

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

- Elaine Stritch

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