Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritchwas an American actress and singer, known for her work on Broadway. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth2 February 1925
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
closer harder playing russian
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.
life trying word
My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.
against breeding broads convent crap extending finger great schools sipping
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.
love similar
I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.
definite
There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater.
badly paid
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.
funny
I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.
anyone good
I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!
experience performers technique
These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is.
government tells understand
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.
betty good image money taking white work
I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
hard stayed
I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in.
clever speeches takes time work
Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.
street time yorkers
New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!'