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I think male actors get confused by their own vanity. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#get #i #i think #male #male actors

I think the hill one has to trudge in order to understand a man's baggage is more of a trek than I'd like to take right now. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#hill #i #i think #like #man

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. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#couple #early #even #friends #get

I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

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I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#dresser #i #leave #made #many

If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#away #family #family members #i #inner

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#big deal #deal #i #me #over

Maybe I'm a dream artist, as they call it. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#call #dream #i #maybe

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

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

— Shirley MacLaine

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