Shirley MacLaine

My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#knew #mother #never #she #thinking

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. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#course #director #heart #i #i think

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#course #mass

People think I'm nuts. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#nuts #people #think

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. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#beyond #blowing #called #come #excessively

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#class #comedy #into #played #sink

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#how #me #mob #play #taught

The more I've learned about me, the more I'm interested in others. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#i #interested #learned #me #more

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#cease #himself #how #knows #laugh

The soul is everlasting, and its learning experience is lifetime after lifetime. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#everlasting #experience #learning #lifetime #soul