“You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.” JobsOrderDirectorsActressesMiserableInsecure Author:Shirley MacLaine
“You know, I think I had my first past life recall when I was 7.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsPastRecallsPast Life Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I think when I was in my early twenties and middle twenties I didn't even know I wasn't living up to my potential. A couple of friends told me I wasn't and told me to get my act together, and it made a huge impact on me.” ThinkingKnowsMadeTogetherMiddleHugeCoupleTwentiesImpact Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a problem.” KnowsWantI CanRealProblemYoungFameBackgroundsAdviseReal ProblemsYoung Ones Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly speculate on other dimensions.” KindMeanDesireMy OwnWonderDimensionsChildlikeChildlike Wonder Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents integrity, honesty, art, and on top of that stuff I'm actually sleeping with him.” YearsArtStuffSleepHonestyIntegrityIntroducingHonesty Integrity Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Remember, I come from such an excessively overdone, red-carpet place called Hollywood. So I'm used to people blowing up their success in ways that are far above and beyond the truth.” PeopleWayRememberUsedRedHollywoodCarpetRed CarpetAbove And BeyondBlowing Up Author:Shirley MacLaine
“We've had so many lifetimes of different cultures and different religions and different points of view and different wars and different loves and different children.” ChildrenDifferentWarCultureViewsLifetimePoint Of ViewDifferent CulturesDifferent Points Of ViewDifferent Religions Author:Shirley MacLaine
“When times are bad, people like to lose themselves in the sheer glamour of another period: beautiful wardrobes, magnificent meals served in elegant settings.” PeopleBeautifulLosesPeriodsSettingSettingsMealsSheerMagnificentElegantGlamourWardrobeBad People Author:Shirley MacLaine
“In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.” DoeTalentGeniusContrastSalieri Author:Maurice Baring