178 Quotes by Elaine Stritch

Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she’s probably the best movie actress there’s ever been.

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.’

For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork.

I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It’s hard to get up in the morning. Everything’s hard. Everything takes effort.

I was so happy I didn’t have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.

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

I felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it’s exciting.

This is a time in my life where I’m gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

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.’