I've enjoyed every age I've been, and each has had its own individual merit. Every laugh line, every scar, is a badge I wear to show I've been present, the inner rings of my personal tree trunk that I display proudly for all to see. Nowadays, I don't want a "perfect" face and body; I want to wear the life I've lived. Pat Benatar
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Shirley MacLaine says that she doesn't want to be "a perfect face and body," but rather a life she has lived. It's the life of a person who has been through a lot and experienced a lot, but learned from it all. It's a life of scars and laugh lines, one that has been lived in full. Shirley MacLaine is a legendary figure in Hollywood.

She is the only child of the famous actress Janet Gaynor and the singer/songwriter/actor/director Vincente Minnelli. Her father was a successful director who won Oscars for his movies The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and An American in Paris (1951). Shirley was truly inspired by her mother’s talent for acting, singing, and dancing.

She began her career at age 12 in her mother’s movie Song of the Thin Man (1947).

Source: Between A Heart And A Rock Place: A Memoir

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