178 Quotes by Elaine Stritch

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.

I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.

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

I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.

As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.

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.'

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

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.