Shirley MacLaine Quotes - Page 7

Aging people are underserved in this culture - big time. I want to stay healthy so I can serve that community and be a voice.

You know, I think I had my first past life recall when I was 7.

I don't feel competitive.

We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future growth.

I live in too many cities.

Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food.

the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

To dance at all is to confront oneself. It is the art of honesty.

Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they fare badly, they return to their palaces and sleep fitfully.

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.

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

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

I'm not one for wardrobe.

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

If I had a party to attend and didn't want to be there, I would play the part of someone who was having a lovely time.

I don't think you go out of style when you're living in the present most of the time. And I think that is what I do.

Why do people have to love people anyway?

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.

And I think we'll be able to prove scientifically that other talents such as intuitive, psychic, clairvoyant and audiovoyant are very real.

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

You let the energy go wherever it wants. I have such a rich spiritual life. Most people take drugs to experience that.

Sometimes I feel an impingement of something I went through in another lifetime. But I like to concentrate on the absolute present. That's why I love my animals. They live in the present.

Sometimes people who have their lives played out in public don't feel they have the privacy to continually journey within. I did, and that's why I have longevity.

I loved the idea of doing a love story with people over the age of 60 and a film that will hopefully give so many of the audience a chance to see themselves on the screen.

I'm a peaceful person once work ethic is established. If people are around me and whatever I'm doing is efficient, then I'm extremely peaceful.