Elaine Stritch

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. ”

I think taking care of yourself, health-wise, in every way, is a 100 percent winner. ”

I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy. ”

When I'm playing comedy, it is such a crap shoot of what will work and what won't. ”

Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. ”

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

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

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

The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know? ”

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