Broadway legend Elaine Stritch remains in the spotlight at eighty-seven years old. Join the uncompromising Tony and Emmy | dG1fLXRsZHl2a3FUcW8
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00:00 Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Elaine Strayer.
00:07 I've got a certain amount of fame.
00:08 I've got money.
00:09 I wish I could drive.
00:10 Then I'd really be a menace.
00:14 She's just truthful.
00:16 She's truthful in her acting.
00:17 On a personal level, she's very, very truthful.
00:19 You look good.
00:20 Your hair looks good for a change.
00:25 She is confident and brassy and stylish and gorgeous.
00:30 She doesn't wear pants.
00:31 If we'd both met when we were 35, I have no doubt that we would have had a torn love affair
00:36 that would have ended very badly.
00:38 She is the conduit to a golden age of theater.
00:41 I did Virginia Woolf on Broadway.
00:44 And for the first time in my life, I had an orgasm.
00:51 You can never say that Elaine is guilty of not giving.
00:54 Alec Joan Crawford Baldwin.
00:58 Because her persona is so strong, all that is masking her vulnerability.
01:05 I'm heading right into 87.
01:07 I can do this forever.
01:08 That isn't true.
01:10 It's hard enough to remember Sondheim's lyrics when you don't have diabetes.
01:16 I feel...
01:24 The day I forget your name, we close.
01:30 I feel better when I work.
01:32 Because it's such an escape.
01:36 I think performing is the pump in her heart.
01:40 Here she is, boys.
01:45 She's complicated and she's an eccentric.
01:47 Sing it or you're fired.
01:49 Underneath the crusty exterior, it beats a very warm and caring heart.
01:57 I just pray that I can be at least amusing.
02:08 Bound to be interesting.
02:09 It's about me.
02:11 [laughs]
02:12 [music]
02:12 (upbeat music)
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