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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.
— Elaine Stritch
Tags: comedy, understand, always, you

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I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.
— Elaine Stritch
Tags: like, feel, hate, me
I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.
— Elaine Stritch
Tags: through, just, humor, you
My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.
— Elaine Stritch
Tags: get, wonderful, trying, life
Talent is seductive.
— Elaine Stritch
Tags: talent
If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent.
— Elaine Stritch
Tags: know, saying, wings, talent
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