271 Quotes by Shirley MacLaine

Why do people have to love people anyway?

... when things get rough, a breakthrough is just on the other side of the pain.

For me, the safest place is out on a limb.

The more sex becomes a non-issue in people's lives, the happier they are.

Of course I'm schooled in the old school method: taking what I think the director wants, then reworking it through my own brain and heart.

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.

I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

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.

Remember what people used to say about meditation? Now everyone is doing it.