Shirley MacLaine

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is.

People think I'm nuts.

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

When actors get a bad name for diva behavior - I've never seen it. Because my experience with people who are really famous actors is that they work really hard.