Shirley MacLaine

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

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.

People think I'm nuts.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

This is an elegant hotel! Room service has an unlisted number.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.