178 Quotes by Elaine Stritch

Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.

I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here.

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.

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.

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.

All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.