“My gift is that I'm not beautiful. My career was never about looks. It's about health and being in good shape.”
Shirley MacLaine“I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.”
Shirley MacLaine“I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser.”
Shirley MacLaine“If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.”
Shirley MacLaine“I'd like to go to another planet, which I might live long enough to accomplish. Just get on a spaceship and go. But not the moon. I don't see any flowers there. The moon is too close. I want to go further.”
Shirley MacLaine“It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.”
Shirley MacLaine“I'm in love with the potential of miracles. For me the safest place is out on a limb.”
Shirley MacLaine“The pain of leaving those you grow to love is only the prelude to understanding yourself and others.”
Shirley MacLaine“If I had a party to attend and didn't want to be there I would play the part of someone who was having a lovely time.”
Shirley MacLaine