Posted on 09/15/2005 4:36:41 AM PDT by jeepgal
TORONTO - Actress Shirley MacLaine denounced US leaders while promoting her latest film, calling it an antidote for the angst and confusion felt by some of her compatriots.
"In a country where we're all having trouble and struggling with what is the truth and who we are and why everybody is lying to us, I liked the idea of making a really honest picture," the Academy Award-winning actress said at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In Her Shoes" by director Curtis Hanson ("8 Mile" and "L.A. Confidential") stars Cameron Diaz ("There's Something About Mary" and "Charlie's Angels") and Toni Collette ("Muriel's Wedding" and "The Sixth Sense") as two sisters with only their size eight-and-a-half feet in common, both searching for a sense of identity and a family connection.
"I think that families are the most important lesson we can learn from and in, and I haven't seen many pictures lately that have to do with the search for who we are and identity," said MacLaine, who appeared in the movie without makeup or a wig as the sisters' estranged grandmother.
MacLaine, 71, who has appeared in 57 films, also noted that she is content growing old, enjoys the "wisdom" and "experience" and "quiet confidence" that comes with it, the likes of which she emulated in the film, inspired by her "repressed Canadian mother" who never expressed her feelings or thoughts to her daughter.
"(At a certain age) if you don't know who you are, there is a serious problem, as we can see by some of our leaders," said MacLaine.
Another 60's activist dusting off her protest signs.
YAWWWWWWWWN!
Quiet Confidence?
She did the same thing to Julius Caeser and Chester A. Arthur in previous lives.
Sure the hollywood liberals will take there shots when there outside the borders...
Plus she is only doing this to get more press for ***GASP*** her movie!
This from the woman that claims to have lived how many different lives through the centuries.
Oh well.
Is she still alive?
So, which one of her past lives was ranting this time?
Probably Joan of Arc! Funny how moonbats like her were never peasants in a previous life but always royalty or someone important. More likely, she shoveled manure in a stable...it fits with her political views.
Notice that she, like Pierce Brosnan and others, wait until they're out of the country to whine. Cowards!
Is she still alive? And someone is actually hiring a 71 year old has-been for a movie? Then the msm wonders why movies are in the toilet.
Typical lefty who hasn't accepted her being an old hag yet. . . isn't she hundreds of years and several lives old? Another reason to avoid hollywood products. Anyone who supports them is indirectly showing support for their hatred of our country and each 'self proclaimed star' who spouts this hatred for his country reinforces our disdain for him.
Wow..she's got a low IQ along with her brother! Just like in her movie! What a putz..another libiot to add to my boycotted actor list...
There is a reason why liberals are in the minority.
So what did she say?
Shirley MacLaine: "Don't you know who I used to be?"
(Hahahahahahaha. I crack myself up sometimes.)
I thought she was dead?
Don't call me Shirley!
It's not that far out of the country. We can still watch Buffalo television stations. :)
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