Shirley MacLaine is a living legend.
During a chat withW magazine, MacLaine clarified that she actually started out as a dancer.
And, to this day, the actor carries that discipline with her.
“I can barely walk now.
Never lost it,” MacLaine said.
“Don’t know what diva means, don’t know what keeping people waiting means.
I don’t like the feeling of that.
I’m a team player basically in my head.”
In fact, she credits her staying power with being easy to work with.
As MacLaine toldVariety, she simply wants to work hard to fund her travels and endless curiosity.
“Coco Chanel” garnered a 67% audience rating onRotten Tomatoes.
She was rude, hurtful.
… She was 73 when she got so popular, and she was always reinventing herself."
Plus, MacLaine was thrilled to get to keep some of her chic outfits from the movie.
As the actor put it, “She wouldn’t talk, she would pronounce.”
So, yes, I suppose I do fit right into that."
The actor also added knowingly, “She never smiled in her life.”
MacLaine explained, “She saw this high spirit in me.
Someone who does whatever she wants, no matter what anybody thinks.
If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away.”
Like Chanel, MacLaine knows precisely who she is and no longer feels the need to apologize for it.
