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. ”

I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons. ”

I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person. ”

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

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. ”

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting. ”

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

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives. ”

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

I never thought about living in New York. I just thought it was great. ”