178 Quotes by 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.

Isn't this fantastic, what a star I am?

There were a lot of lyrics that I sang but didn't understand. But I had this facade in performance of looking like I wrote the book.

My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.

I think it's the wrong way around to say, 'When you get older move to the country.' I think when you get older you move to New York.

I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.

I like glasses so I can go out without my makeup. Just grab your coat and get your hat and go.

When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill.

I love New York. I went to New York to become an actress, and I did it. And I won all the awards known to man. And I'm happy. And I came home. I came, I saw, I conquered. And it feels great.