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Shirley MacLaine Quotes

«They didn't even tell me about that. I found out the next day on set, ... They didn't even tell (co-star) Kevin Costner, either.»
«I was so appalled. They were kind of waiting for Terry to walk out and perhaps take a poop or something, because she's famous herself, and what would I do about the poop? And would they make me mad? Because the whole point is, they want to make you mad, and then they get a good picture.»
«All those ghosts were hanging around. ... If I had been them, I would have gone to work,»
«Yeah, I turned down 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.' Can you believe it? With 'Alice,' I thought, 'Martin Scorsese. I wonder if he knows what he's doing?' Oh, man, what a mistake! Ellen Burstyn won an Oscar for that role.»
«He's an expert filmmaker, and he's an ex-journalist, so he really knows how to investigate what people are feeling, ... And I found it fascinating that he wanted to go into something that dealt with women's feelings.»
«I think he really doesn't know. What's he doing with a women's picture, anyway?»
«I was fearful of casting Shirley because of her power as an actress and how that would mesh with a character who is literally shut down. But the fact is, Shirley is an actor and a working actor. She was excited by the challenge.»
«That's the best I've had all year! ... God, I'd love to get drunk with you!»
«I love playing contained. I'm going to pattern the rest of my career after Morgan Freeman.»
«I think that families are the most important lesson we can learn from and in, and I haven't seen many pictures lately that have to do with the search for who we are and identity,»

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