An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I'm dull.
Shirley MacLaine...One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.
Shirley MacLaineI was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.
Shirley MacLaineIt's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.
Shirley MacLaineIf we can genuinely honor our mother and father we are not only at peace with ourselves but we can then give birth to our future.
Shirley MacLaineNew York was the only city I knew in the world where you could be desperately lonely at nine in the morning, crossing the street for a bagel at Gristede's, and find that seven hours later you were drinking Irish coffee at P.J. Clarke's with all the friends you had inherited along the way.
Shirley MacLaine