Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLean Beaty, known professionally as Shirley MacLaine, is an American film, television and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author. MacLaine has won an Academy Award, five Golden Globe Awards, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an Emmy Award and two BAFTA Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 April 1934
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
technology self self-knowledge
Technology has outstripped our knowledge of self.
order tree fruit
In order to get to the fruit of the tree, you have to go out on a limb.
cutting night weight
the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.
self america way
In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.
people apartment
Why do people have to love people anyway?
pain sides breakthrough
... when things get rough, a breakthrough is just on the other side of the pain.
sex issues people
The more sex becomes a non-issue in people's lives, the happier they are.
movie brother play
The pickings are pretty slim when you have to play the part of a housewife who doesn't go out of her apartment because she's afraid she's going to get mugged, or a woman who turns into her brother, who is a murderer.
movie mirrors acting
I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up--sociologically, politically, and creatively--I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.
heart lust littles
He [Jimmy Carter] says his lust is in his heart. I hope it's a little lower.
thinking achievement waiting
Films and life are like clay, waiting for us to mold it. And when you trust your own insides and that becomes achievement, it's a kind of principle that seems to me is at work with everyone. God bless that principle. God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it.
architect personal-experiences
You are the architect of your personal experience.
done these-days
Things are done according to money these days.
kings queens fear
Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they fare badly, they return to their palaces and sleep fitfully.